DOCUMENTARIST
18th Istanbul Documentary Days

June 14 - 19, 2025

Pera Film is hosting DOCUMENTARIST 18th 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 14

13:30 Memory-Like: An Oral History of QueerFest

15:30 100: The Story of a Newspaper

From Mardiros Until Now

17:30 In the Shade of the Poplar Tree

June 15

16:00 Block E, No. 5

A Strange Colour of Dream

June 17

15:30 Ezda

Tomato, Pepper, Depression

17:30 Exile Never Ends

June 18

15:30 A Memory of Friendship

Together

17:30 Otherwise in Istanbul

June 19

15:30 Walk of Iris

Radio, My Love

17:30 Hand in Hand: Women from Yırca

Traugott

Memory-Like: An Oral History of QueerFest

Memory-Like: An Oral History of QueerFest

100: The Story of a Newspaper

100: The Story of a Newspaper

From Mardiros Until Now

From Mardiros Until Now

In the Shade of the Poplar Tree

In the Shade of the Poplar Tree

Block E, No. 5

Block E, No. 5

A Strange Colour of Dream

A Strange Colour of Dream

Ezda

Ezda

Tomato, Pepper, Depression

Tomato, Pepper, Depression

Exile Never Ends

Exile Never Ends

A Memory of Friendship

A Memory of Friendship

Together

Together

Otherwise in Istanbul

Otherwise in Istanbul

Walk of Iris

Walk of Iris

Radio, My Love

Radio, My Love

Hand in Hand: Women from Yırca

Hand in Hand: Women from Yırca

Traugott

Traugott

Rational Medicine in Byzantium

Rational Medicine in Byzantium

Byzantine medical art was grounded in the Greco-Roman medicine transmitted by Hippocrates and Galen and new concepts introduced by such physicians as Oribasios of Pergamon, Aetius of Amida, Alexander of Tralles and Paul of Aegina. 

Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio de Chirico was born on July 10, 1888, in Volos, Greece, to an Italian family. His mother, Gemma Cervetto, was from a family of Genoa origin, but most likely she was born in Izmir. His father, Evaristo, was born on June 21, 1841 in the Büyükdere district of Istanbul.

The Battle of Varna

The Battle of Varna

Over the years of 1864 through 1876, Stanisław Chlebowski served Sultan Abdülaziz in Istanbul as his court painter. As it was, Abdülaziz disposed of considerable artistic talents of his own, and he actively involved himself in Chlebowski’s creative process, suggesting ideas for compositions –such as ballistic pieces praising the victories of Turkish arms.