Queer Shorts From Turkey

  • October 16, 2022 / 17:00

9/8fight41: a 9/8 fight for all of us

Director: Gizem Aksu
Cast: Sema Semih, Gizem Nalbant, Banu Açıkdeniz
Turkey, 2022, HD, color, 29’ 

This documentary short dance film is based on Gizem Aksu's spectral friendship with Sinti-Roma boxing legend of Germany, Johann Rukeli Trollmann (1907-1944) and the inter-generational and inter-geographical journey of this friendship. Rukeli Trollmann was exposed to many forms of discrimination by the Nazi regime because of "boxing by dancing like Gypsy" and was murdered in the Wittenberge Concentration Camp. Inspired by the fight of Rukeli Trollmann, the film traces the artist's experience of immigration to Berlin and the fight for justice in Istanbul.

There Is Nothing Called Home

Director: Nur Özkaya
Cast: Aleyna Pişiren, Perihan Özkaya
Turkey, 2022, HD, color, 4’

The story of a person who is stuck with the concept of home and attaches a lot of meaning to small things, choosing herself as a weapon at a Russian roulette table and the battle of her inner roulette.

No One Would Go

Director: Tuğba Baykal
Turkey, 2022, HD, color, 39’ 

No One Would Go is a documentary about psychiatric and psychological "treatments" including physical interventions aimed at "curing" LGBTI+s in Turkey, and the experiences of LGBTI+s who have been exposed to these methods.

Circus of Life

Circus of Life

Popo Fan Films Selection

Popo Fan Films Selection

Besties

Besties

Love, Deutschmarks and Death

Love, Deutschmarks and Death

Blooming on the Asphalt

Blooming on the Asphalt

Potato Dreams of America

Potato Dreams of America

Criminal Queers

Criminal Queers

Walking After Midnight

Walking After Midnight

How the Room Felt

How the Room Felt

 Our Story

Our Story

Queer Shorts From Turkey

Queer Shorts From Turkey

Venuses Throughout History

Venuses Throughout History

José Sancho does not conceal the voluptuousness of his female torsos; he highlights it. These torsos are symmetrical from front, but on the other hand, from the side, the juxtaposition of concave and convex forms creates dynamism.

Medicinal Herbs in Byzantium

Medicinal Herbs in Byzantium

Knowledge of plants and the practice of healing are closely entwined. The toxic or hallucinogenic nature of some roots, and the dangers associated with picking them, conferred a mythical or magical character and power. 

From two portraits of children…

From two portraits of children…

The Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation’s Orientalist Painting Collection includes two children’s portraits that are often featured in exhibitions on the second floor of the Pera Museum. These portraits both date back to the early 20th century, and were made four years apart. One depicts Prince Abdürrahim Efendi, son of Sultan Abdulhamid II, while the figure portrayed on the other is Nazlı, the daughter of Osman Hamdi Bey.