Pera Film takes the audience on a cinematographic journey to discover the insights of the territory featured in Pera Museum’s Singapore Unseen exhibition.
Dreaming Singapore presents: a poignant yet darkly humorous story which follows the lives of six individuals as they navigate the rapidly changing conditions experienced in today’s modern South-East Asian citiesin Singapore Dreaming; the growing pains of Tan Boon Huat, the middle son of a pawn farmer in an island town in Becoming Royston; described as “a small gem” by Screen Daily magazine and the first Singaporean feature film to win at the Cannes Film Festival in Ilo Ilo; how the breaking of a man on the brisk of bankruptcy leads to a major international crisis in Unlucky Plaza; uncovering the processes and motivations behind internationally renowned photographers from Singapore through interviews in Image Makers; the new life of Siva, who has nobody to welcome him at home after he gets released from prison after serving eight years for smuggling in A Yellow Bird; the story of a correctional officer whose ethical notion about promotion is disrupted after he gets transferred to a maximum security prison in Apprentice; and director Kirsten Tan takes full advantage of the beautiful scenery and a charismatic elephant to tell a story about our drift from fundamental human needs and values in Pop Aye.
Free admissions. Drop in, no reservations.
May 4
07:00 Singapore Dreaming
May 5
02:00 Becoming Royston
04:00 A Yellow Bird
06:00 Unlucky Plaza
May 6
02:00 Image Makers: Singapore Photographers
02:00 Pop Aye
04:00 Image Makers: Singapore Photographers
06:00 Apprentice
May 9
19:00 Ilo Ilo
May 11
09:00 Pop Aye
May 13
16:00 Singapore Dreaming
18:00 Unlucky Plaza
May 17
07:00 Image Makers: Singapore Photographers
May 19
18:00 Ilo Ilo
May 4
19:00 Singapore Dreaming
May 5
14:00 Becoming Royston
16:00 A Yellow Bird
18:00 Unlucky Plaza
May 6
14:00 Pop Aye
16:00 Image Makers: Singapore Photographers
18:00 Apprentice
May 9
19:00 Ilo Ilo
May 11
21:00 Pop Aye
May 13
16:00 Singapore Dreaming
18:00 Unlucky Plaza
May 17
19:00 Image Makers: Singapore Photographers
May 19
18:00 Ilo Ilo
May 20
14:00 Apprentice
16:00 A Yellow Bird
18:00 Becoming Royston
Our Cold Front from the Balkans exhibition focuses on different generations of artists and art groups from the Balkan region. Throughout the exhibition, we keep sharing detailed information about the artworks. Take a look at Mark Požlep’s “Stranger than Paradise” video installation. Also you can check our interview with the artist on our YouTube channel!
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Pera Museum invites artist Benoît Hamet to reinterpret key pieces from its collections, casting a humorous eye over ‘historical’ events, both imagined and factual.
The exhibition Wanderer on the Sea of Light presents Ziem as an artist who left his mark on 19th century painting and who is mostly known for his paintings of Istanbul and Venice, where the city and the sea are intertwined. Take a look at this 5 unmissable Istanbul paintings from the exhibition!
Tuesday - Friday 11.00 - 18.00
The museum is closed on Mondays,
Saturdays and Sundays.
On Wednesdays, the students can
visit the museum free of admission.
Full ticket: 25 TL
Discounted: 10 TL
Groups: 20 TL (10 people or more)
