14th International Filmmor Women's Film Festival on Wheels

March 15 - 18, 2016

This year’s 14th International Filmmor Women Film Festival on Wheels is focusing on the motto “Femicide is Preventable: Women’s Solidarity Keeps Women Alive.”

The annual festival, continues to share women’s experiences and hopes, visions and dreams by means of cinema.

March 15

12:00 Coria and the Sea

15:00 Justice For Sale

17:00 No Burqas Behind Bars

19:00 Invoking Justice

March 16

12:00 Private Violence

15:00 An

17:00 Young Sophie Bell

19:00 Nahid

March 18

12:00 An

15:00 Second Mother

17:00 Suffragette

19:00 Dreamcatcher

Justice For Sale

Justice For Sale

No Burqas Behind Bars

No Burqas Behind Bars

Invoking Justice

Invoking Justice

Private Violence

Private Violence

Nahid

Nahid

 Second Mother

Second Mother

Dreamcatcher

Dreamcatcher

An

An

Suffragette

Suffragette

Coria and the Sea

Coria and the Sea

Young Sophie Bell

Young Sophie Bell

Memory of the Region

Memory of the Region

Objects also bear the memory of the geography to which they relate. Ceramics, with soil as their primary material, are directly linked to the land where they are produced: forging a direct relationship with earth, ceramics bear the memory of the soil where they come from.

From Cypresses to Turkish Landscapes

From Cypresses to Turkish Landscapes

Among the most interesting themes in the oeuvre of Prassinos are cypresses, trees, and Turkish landscapes. The cypress woods in Üsküdar he saw every time he stepped out on the terrace of their house in İstanbul or the trees in Petits Champs must have been strong images of childhood for Prassinos. 

Mosques in the 18th and 19th Century Paintings

Mosques in the 18th and 19th Century Paintings

In the works of western painters, we encounter mosques as the primary architectural elements that reflect the identity of the city of Istanbul. Often we can recognize the depicted landscape as Istanbul simply from the mosques.