Pera Film’s Darkness Remains Dark program celebrates the work of Agnieszka Holland, best acknowledged for her highly politicized contributions to Polish New Wave cinema, Holland ranks as one of Poland's most prominent female directors. Following her graduation from the Prague Film School in 1971, Holland served as Krzysztof Zanussi's assistant director on his 1973 film Illuminacja. Director Andrzej Wajda served as her mentor during this time. Pera Film’s Holland selection explores narratives based upon the human story of life and joy in the midst of tragedy and disaster; of the world of humanity under all the unexpected pains and pleasures of existence.
“The four films presented in Pera Film’s “Darkness Remains Dark” all entail themes such as heroism, sacrifice, suffering, and the banality of goodness crushed by an omnipresent and invisible despotism or the hand of fate. Fever (1981) set in 1905, takes place in a time of feverish revolutionary underground activity in Poland. All the characters are hard-core anarchists; desperately enamored bombers; honest but naive peasants; happy-go-lucky hooligans. None of them are good, but it is hard not to sympathize with their tragic destiny. Based upon a true story ‘Europa, Europa’ (1990) is an unusual and surprising film. It addresses how far people would go to stay alive. Caught in hostile warfare, Solomon Perel, a Jewish boy separated from his family realizes that the only way he can survive is by pretending to be a Nazi. Oscar-nominated war drama In Darkness (2012) is the true story of Leopold Socha, one of the Poles to risks his own life to save a dozen Jews. Burning Bush (2013) is a drama based on real events, focusing on the personal sacrifice of a history student in Prague, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1969. It's a breakneck historical epic, political thriller, and courtroom drama all rolled into one.”
Commentary by Janusz Wróblewski
This event is organized as part of the 2014 cultural program, celebrating the 600th anniversary of Polish-Turkish diplomatic relations.
November 12
19:00 Europa Europa
November 15
14:00 Burning Bush
19:00 In Darkness
November 16
14:00 Fever
November 25
19:00 Fever
November 27
Europa Europa
December 3
In Darkness
November 12
19:00 Europa Europa
November 15
14:00 Burning Bush
19:00 In Darkness
November 16
14:00 Fever
November 25
19:00 Fever
November 27
19:00 Europa Europa
December 3
19:00 In Darkness
December 6
14:00 Burning Bush
Program Trailer
Our institutions have been stuck on linear Neo-Platonic tracks for 24 centuries. These antiquated processes of deduction have lost their authority. Just like art it has fallen off its pedestal. Legal, educational and constitutional systems rigidly subscribe to these; they are 100% text based.
The exhibition “Look At Me! Portraits and Other Fictions from the ”la Caixa” Contemporary Art Collection” examined portraiture, one of the oldest artistic genres, through a significant number of works of our times. Paintings, photographs, sculptures and videos shaped a labyrinth of gazes that invite spectators to reflect themselves in the social mirror of portraits.
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.
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Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 19:00
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