DOCUMENTARIST 17th Istanbul Documentary Days

June 8 - 11, 2024

Pera Film is hosting DOCUMENTARIST 17th Istanbul Documentary Days.

Screenings of the films included in the Turkey Panorama section of the festival take place at the Pera Museum Auditorium.

Check out the details of the festival here.

This program’s screenings are free admission. Drop in, no reservations. As per legal regulations, all our screenings are restricted to persons over 18 years of age, unless stated otherwise.

June 8

15:00 Holdstill

17:00 Small Finds

Silent Dance

19:00 Between Delicate and Violent

60’’

June 9

14:00 Yakto Cannot Be Abandoned!

No.910

16:00 Night and Fog in Kurdistan

18:00 Sweet Home Adana

The Only One. Elizabeth

June 11

17:00 Wild Women of Anatolia

19:00 Feeding the River: 20 Years of Anadolu Kültür

Holdstill

Holdstill

Small Finds

Small Finds

Silent Dance

Silent Dance

Wild Women of Anatolia

Wild Women of Anatolia

Yakto Cannot Be Abandoned!

Yakto Cannot Be Abandoned!

No.910

No.910

Night and Fog in Kurdistan

Night and Fog in Kurdistan

Sweet Home Adana

Sweet Home Adana

The Only One. Elizabeth

The Only One. Elizabeth

Between Delicate and Violent

Between Delicate and Violent

60’’

60’’

Feeding the River: 20 Years of Anadolu Kültür

Feeding the River: 20 Years of Anadolu Kültür

Introducing… Turkish coffee!

Introducing… Turkish coffee!

Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Pera Museum invites artist Benoît Hamet to reinterpret key pieces from its collections, casting a humourous eye over ‘historical’ events, both imagined and factual.

From Cypresses to Turkish Landscapes

From Cypresses to Turkish Landscapes

Among the most interesting themes in the oeuvre of Prassinos are cypresses, trees, and Turkish landscapes. The cypress woods in Üsküdar he saw every time he stepped out on the terrace of their house in İstanbul or the trees in Petits Champs must have been strong images of childhood for Prassinos. 

It’s better to burn out than to fade away

It’s better to burn out than to fade away

In 1962 Philip Corner, one of the most prominent members of the Fluxus movement, caused a great commotion in serious music circles when during a performance entitled Piano Activities he climbed up onto a grand piano and began to kick it while other members of the group attacked it with saws, hammers and all kinds of other implements.