34th Istanbul Film Festival

April 8 - 14, 2015

Pera Museum hosts cinema lovers in the context of the 34th Istanbul Film Festival, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV). Pera Museum will host four screenings as part of the Festival, which brings over 200 films to its audience until the 19th of April. 

Ferstival tickets can be purchased on Biletix.

April 8

17:00 İdil Biret: The Portrait of a Child Prodigy

19:00 İdil Biret: The Portrait of a Child Prodigy

April 14

13:30 New German Animation: Part I

16:00 New German Animation: Part 2, Children's Animation Films

İdil Biret: The Portrait of a Child Prodigy

İdil Biret: The Portrait of a Child Prodigy

New German Animation: Part I

New German Animation: Part I

New German Animation: Part 2, Children's Animation Films

New German Animation: Part 2, Children's Animation Films

Demons, Symbols, and the Cosmos

Demons, Symbols, and the Cosmos

Beliefs surrounding illness and healing in Byzantium stem from the myths, astrology, and magic practiced around the Mediterranean by Jews, Egyptians, Mesopotamians, and Greeks.

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico. Exactly 47 years from now, before she died in the same city and her beloved Mexico, many things would happen; she’d meet Diego Rivera, become a world-renowned artist, and allow many of her fans to dress like her on Halloween. 

Five Unmissable Istanbul Paintings of Félix Ziem

Five Unmissable Istanbul Paintings of Félix Ziem

Félix Ziem is accepted as one of the well-known artists of the romantic landscape painting, and has been followed closely by art lovers and collectors of all periods since. He had a profound influence on generations of artists after him, and was the first artist whose works were acquired by the Louvre while he was still alive.