Pera Film is ending 2017 with the Turkish-Visegrad Culture Festival, celebrating the cinema of Hungary, Poland, Czechia and Slovakia. This year’s theme Body and Spirit, explores the inner world of human nature in relation with the body, mind and spirit. The correlation between the mind and the body have been key to understanding the human complexities. Common inquires such as whether the mind is part of the body, or the body is part of the mind has evolved intensely over centuries. Inspired from this complex and diverse situation, the body and mind illustrate a most curious interaction. The program journeys through captivating stories investigating the physical and the intangible notions of existence. Jean-Paul Sartre exquisitely wrote “I exist. It is soft, so soft, so slow. And light: it seems as though it suspends in the air. It moves.” This selection of films in a sense suspends the air, examining the intricate and curious relationship we have with our bodies, mind and spirit. Body and Spirit spans over several decades and salutes master filmmakers as well as young directors such as Jan Švankmajer, Věra Chytilová, Wojciech Marczewski, Martin Šulík, Ildikó Enyedi, György Pálfi, Virág Zomborácz and Anna Zamecka.
This program’s screenings are free of admissions. Drop in, no reservations.
Supported by the Consulates of the Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia
This program is presented in collaboration with the Visegrad Fund; V4 / Visegrad Group is an alliance of four Central European states – Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – for the purposes of furthering their European integration, as well as for advancing cultural, economic etc. cooperation with one another.
December 9
13:00 Daisies
December 10
17:00 Free Fall
December 13
17:00 The Garden
19:00 I, Olga
December 14
19:00 Daisies
December 15
18:00 Goat
December 16
12:00 Free Fall
14:00 Photon
16:00 Afterlife
18:00 Conspirators of Pleasure
December 17
14:00 The Garden
16:00 Escape from the ‘Liberty’ Cinema
18:00 On Body and Soul
December 19
19:00 Goat
December 20
17:00 Five October
19:00 Conspirators of Pleasure
December 22
19:00 Photon
21:00 On Body and Soul
December 23
14:00 Communion
16:00 Little Harbour
18:00 Escape from the ‘Liberty’ Cinema
December 27
17:00 Communion
19:00 I, Olga
December 28
19:00 Afterlife
December 29
19:00 Five October
21:00 Little Harbour
December 9
13:00 Daisies
December 10
17:00 Free Fall
December 13
17:00 The Garden
19:00 I, Olga
December 14
19:00 Daisies
December 15
18:00 Goat
December 16
12:00 Free Fall
14:00 Photon
16:00 Afterlife
18:00 Conspirators of Pleasure
December 17
14:00 The Garden
16:00 Escape from the ‘Liberty’ Cinema
18:00 On Body and Soul
December 19
19:00 Goat
December 20
17:00 Five October
19:00 Conspirators of Pleasure
December 22
19:00 Photon
21:00 On Body and Soul
December 23
14:00 Communion
16:00 Little Harbour
18:00 Escape from the ‘Liberty’ Cinema
December 27
17:00 Communion
19:00 I, Olga
December 28
19:00 Afterlife
December 29
19:00 Five October
21:00 Little Harbour
Program Trailer
Three figures in Eastern dress are shown in repose against an exotic landscape, smoking pipes and playing mangala. Inventories of the royal collections from 1739 identify the members of this group as the royal eunuch Matthias and two odalisques.
Pera Museum’s Cold Front from the Balkans exhibition curated by Ali Akay and Alenka Gregorič brings together contemporary artists from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia.
Pera Museum Blog is launching a new series of creepy stories in collaboration with Turkey’s Fantasy and Science Fiction Arts Association (FABISAD). The Association’s member writers are presenting newly commissioned short horror stories inspired by the artworks of Mario Prassinos as part of the Museum’s In Pursuit of an Artist: Istanbul-Paris-Istanbul exhibition. The third story is by Murat Başekim! The stories will be published online throughout the exhibition. Stay tuned!
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)
