Pera Film is greeting 2017 with the program Destination: Balkans. Presented parallel to Pera Museum’s on-going exhibition Cold Front from the Balkans the program offers a different perspective into the region. The selection explores the various cinematic road journeys to or through the Balkans.
The Destination: Balkans’ selection predominantly includes Western European and American productions that discover this region through an outside eye. Welcome to Sarajevo and Harrison’s Flowers looks at two different wars on the same land through the eyes of journalists, while Twice Born and In the Land of Blood and Honey dives into the loves and families of those who are war torn. Some of the films focus on the aftermath of the war: A young man is sent to Bucharest by his mother’s ghost in The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman; two young Italians are united in Romania because of the economical crisis in Banat (The Journey) and a king tries to save his kingdom in the mockumentary King of the Belgians. The Balkan made productions include: Bosnian director Danis Tanovic’s story of a Bosnian man returning home from exile in Cirkus Columbia; Bulgarian director Kamen Kalev focuses on an attacked Turkish family on the road and two Bulgarian brothers in his first feature film Eastern Plays.
Destination: Balkans brings hope, peace and humor from the roads of the land of war and love through the countries of Romania, Bosnia, Bulgaria and Serbia.
January 13
19:00 In the Land of Blood and Honey
January 14
16:00 Twice Born
January 15
14:00 Eastern Plays
16:00 The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
January 18
17:00 Cirkus Columbia
19:00 Banat (The Journey)
January 19
19:00 Welcome to Sarajevo
January 20
19:00 The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
21:00 King of the Belgians
January 21
14:00 Twice Born
17:30 Banat (The Journey)
19:00 Cirkus Columbia
January 22
14:00 Harrison’s Flowers
16:30 In the Land of Blood and Honey
January 24
19:00 Welcome to Sarajevo
January 25
17:00 Eastern Plays
19:00 King of the Belgians
January 31
19:00 Harrison’s Flowers
January 13
19:00 In the Land of Blood and Honey
January 14
16:00 Twice Born
January 15
14:00 Eastern Plays
16:00 The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
January 18
17:00 Cirkus Columbia
19:00 Banat (The Journey)
January 19
19:00 Welcome to Sarajevo
January 20
19:00 The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
21:00 King of the Belgians
January 21
14:00 Twice Born
17:30 Banat (The Journey)
19:00 Cirkus Columbia
January 22
14:00 Harrison’s Flowers
16:30 In the Land of Blood and Honey
January 24
19:00 Welcome to Sarajevo
January 25
17:00 Eastern Plays
19:00 King of the Belgians
January 31
19:00 Harrison’s Flowers
Program Trailer
Due to its existence behind closed doors, the lifestyle and attires of the women in the Harem have been one of the most fascinating topics for western painters and art enthusiasts alike.
Coffee was served with much splendor at the harems of the Ottoman palace and mansions. First, sweets (usually jam) was served on silverware, followed by coffee serving. The coffee jug would be placed in a sitil (brazier), which had three chains on its sides for carrying, had cinders in the middle, and was made of tombac, silver or brass. The sitil had a satin or silk cover embroidered with silver thread, tinsel, sequin or even pearls and diamonds.
Following the opening of his studio, “El Chark Societe Photographic,” on Beyoğlu’s Postacılar Caddesi in 1857, the Levantine-descent Pascal Sébah moves to yet another studio next to the Russian Embassy in 1860 with a Frenchman named A. Laroche, who, apart from having worked in Paris previously, is also quite familiar with photographic techniques.
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)
