Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy;
it is absolutely essential to it.
― Howard Zinn
Pera Film opens its 2013 fall season with a striking program - A Farewell to Arms: Stories of Civil Resistance. The program’s title is inspired from one of the greatest American novels to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway published in 1929. Just as the novel explored the beautiful and the tragic, the tender and the harsh, and the realistic, the selected films of the program examine recent stories of civil resistance – from 1985 onwards - in a corresponding poetic as well as genuine approach.
The program is presented with six feature-length documentaries accompanied by a shorts program entitled A Short Walk in the Park. Civil resistance is often a response to changes in constellations of power; the documentaries originating from different countries such as Turkey, the US, United Kingdom, Germany and Iran; all deal with the people, the public and their interpretation of current politics and social issues. At times the stories stem from the masses, at other times the stories evolve from the individual’s point of view.
September 4
19:00 Tous au Larzac
September 6
19:00 Occupy: The Movie
September 7
13:00 The Network
15:00 Better This World
17:00 The Green Wave
18:00 The Gate of Heavenly Peace
September 8
14:00 Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits
16:00 F*ck for Forest
18:00 The Network
September 10
14:00 Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits
September 19
19:00 Tous au Larzac
September 28
13:00 Handsworth Songs
14:00 The Green Wave
16:00
A Short Walk in the Park
Shorts
19:00 Better This World
September 29
13:00 Occupy: The Movie
Handsworth Songs
15:00 F*ck for Forest
18:00
A Short Walk in the Park
Shorts
19:00 The Gate of Heavenly Peace
September 4
19:00 Tous au Larzac
September 6
19:00 Occupy: The Movie
September 7
13:00 The Network
15:00 Better This World
17:00 The Green Wave
18:00 The Gate of Heavenly Peace
September 8
14:00 Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits
16:00 F*ck for Forest
18:00 The Network
September 10
14:00 Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits
September 19
19:00 Tous au Larzac
September 28
13:00 Handsworth Songs
14:00 The Green Wave
16:00
A Short Walk in the Park
Shorts
19:00 Better This World
September 29
13:00 Occupy: The Movie
Handsworth Songs
15:00 F*ck for Forest
18:00
A Short Walk in the Park
Shorts
19:00 The Gate of Heavenly Peace
Program Trailer
The program’s title is inspired from, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. Just as the novel explored the beautiful and the tragic, the tender and the harsh, and the realistic, the selected films of the program examine recent stories of civil resistance – from 1985 onwards - in a corresponding poetic as well as genuine approach.
The exhibition Look at Me! Portraits and Other Fictions from the ”la Caixa” Contemporary Art Collection examines portraiture, one of the oldest artistic genres, through a significant number of works of our times. Through the exhibition we will be sharing about the artists and sections in Look At Me!.
Berggren acquires the techniques of photography in Berlin and holds different jobs in various European cities before arriving in İstanbul. Initially en route to Marseille, he disembarks from his ship in 1866 and settles in İstanbul, where he is to spend the rest of his life.
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.
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 19:00
Friday 10:00 - 22:00
Sunday 12:00 - 18:00
The museum is closed on Mondays.
On Wednesdays, the students can
visit the museum free of admission.
Full ticket: 300 TL
Discounted: 150 TL
Groups: 200 TL (minimum 10 people)
