38th Istanbul Film Festival
National Short Film Competition

April 5 - 16, 2019

Pera Film is hosting 38th Istanbul Film Festival! As part of the festival Pera Film will be screening the Documentary Time, National Short Film Competition, National Documentary Competition and the program Cinemania, as well as other screenings.

Programme I
14 April, 11.00

Aquarium
Directors: Anıl Kaya,
Özgür Önurme
Turkey, 2018, 15’

Avarya
Director: Gökalp Gönen
Turkey, 2018, 20’

Parting Shot
Director: Özgür Cem Aksoy
Turkey, 2018, 11’

The Gentle Sadness of Things     
Director: Deniz Telek
Turkey, 2018, 16’

Ad Infinitum
Director: Murat Çetinkaya      
Turkey, 2018, 13’

 

Programme II
14 April, 13.30

The Geezer
Director: Senem Bay                 
Turkey, 2018, 11’

Scream of Still Water
Director: Yusuf Elbaşı
Turkey, Germany, 2019, 7’      

The Conversation
Director: Vehbi Bozdağ
Turkey, 2018, 12’

The Tail
Director: Yiğit Hepsev
Turkey, 2019, 10’

Trousers
Director: Tahsin Özmen
Turkey, 2018, 15’

Joy et Cetera
Director: Kurtcebe Turgul
Turkey, 2018, 15’

 

Take a look at this program's film list, check out the details here.

 

Remembering the Future

Remembering the Future

How can the future be imagined by looking at a collection or an archive? The lasting quality of ceramics allows us to ponder how the future might be remembered through a ceramics collection, since they render conceivable time eternal.

Fluid Identities  Creating an Identity / Hybrid Identities

Fluid Identities Creating an Identity / Hybrid Identities

A firm believer in the idea that a collection needs to be upheld at least by four generations and comparing this continuity to a relay race, Nahit Kabakcı began creating the Huma Kabakcı Collection from the 1980s onwards. Today, the collection can be considered one of the most important and outstanding examples among the rare, consciously created, and long-lasting ones of its kind in Turkey.

Dizzying Expression of Fear and Doom Tsang Kin-Wah

Dizzying Expression of Fear and Doom Tsang Kin-Wah

Pera Museum, in collaboration with Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), is one of the main venues for this year’s 15th Istanbul Biennial from 16 September to 12 November 2017.  Through the biennial, we will be sharing detailed information about the artists and the artworks.