Pera Film is collaborating with Kadıköy Municipality and Boğaziçi University’s Mithat Alam Film Center to present Cinematheque is Alive! 50 Films, 50 Presentations for the 50th Anniversary, a film program spread over three months between September 28 and December 28, 2016. The Pera Film selection brings together striking films by directors such as Sergei Eisenstein, Fritz Lang, Alain Resnais, Ingmar Bergman, Jean-Luc Godard, Luchino Visconti, Francesco Rosi, and Andrei Tarkovsky, spanning the period from the 1920s to the 1970s.
Jak Şalom, who originally conceived this program, explains the program for Cinematheque is Alive! 50 Films, 50 Presentations for the 50th Anniversary as follows: “The Cinematheque was a milestone for cinema culture in Turkey because of its contributions to the creation and development of a national cinema in the country especially between 1965 and 1975. Despite the fifty years that have passed since its foundation, the Cinematheque is still remembered in cultural circles as a legend, a kind of crazy adventure that nourished new and noteworthy projects following it. In the belief that it is important and necessary to mark the 50th anniversary of the Cinematheque during the 2016-2016 and 2016-2017 seasons, the Kadıköy Municipality, Pera Museum, and the Mitham Alam Film Center at Boğaziçi University have decided to collaborate in presenting outstanding films of the history of cinema. We believe that these masterpieces, to be presented by leading artists, intellectuals, and members of the press will contribute to a much-needed platform for discussion, as well as paying tribute to cinema and its masters.”
Cinematheque is Alive! 50 Films, 50 Presentations for the 50th Anniversary has been made possible upon the suggestion of Jak Şalom and by the collaboration of the Kadıköy Municipality, Pera Museum, and the Mithat Alam Film Center at Boğaziçi University. We would like to thank Mete Akalın, Hakkı Başgüney, Professor Dr. Oğuz Makal, Hülya Uçansu, and Sıla Ünlü for their valuable contributions.
This program’s screenings are free of admissions. Drop in, no reservations.
The presentations will be in Turkish.
in collaboration
September 28
19:00 Le Mépris
October 5
19:00 Battleship Potemkin
October 12
19:00 Rocco and His Brothers
October 19
19:00 Rocco and His Brothers
Hiroshima mon amour
October 26
19:00 L’Atalante
November 2
19:00 Hope
November 16
19:00 The Conformist
November 23
19:00 Salvatore Giuliano
November 30
19:00 8 ½
December 7
19:00 Bride
December 14
19:00 Persona
December 21
19:00 Metropolis
December 28
19:00 The Mirror
September 28
19:00 Le Mépris
October 5
19:00 Battleship Potemkin
October 12
19:00 Rocco and His Brothers
October 19
19:00 Hiroshima mon amour
October 26
19:00 L’Atalante
November 2
19:00 Hope
November 16
19:00 The Conformist
November 23
19:00 Salvatore Giuliano
November 30
19:00 8 ½
December 7
19:00 Bride
December 14
19:00 Persona
December 21
19:00 Metropolis
December 28
19:00 The Mirror
Program Trailer
The Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation’s Orientalist Painting Collection includes two children’s portraits that are often featured in exhibitions on the second floor of the Pera Museum. These portraits both date back to the early 20th century, and were made four years apart. One depicts Prince Abdürrahim Efendi, son of Sultan Abdulhamid II, while the figure portrayed on the other is Nazlı, the daughter of Osman Hamdi Bey.
Józef Brandt harboured a fascination for the history of 17th century Poland, and his favourite themes included ballistic scenes and genre scenes before and after the battle proper –all and sundry marches, returns, supply trains, billets and encampments, patrols, and similar motifs illustrating the drudgery of warfare outside of its culminating moments.
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: 200 TL
Discounted: 100 TL
Groups: 150 TL (minimum 10 people)