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
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
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
Program Trailer
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.
Martín Zapater y Clavería, born in Zaragoza on November 12th 1747, came from a family of modest merchants and was taken in to live with a well-to-do aunt, Juana Faguás, and her daughter, Joaquina de Alduy. He studied with Goya in the Escuelas Pías school in Zaragoza from 1752 to 1757 and a friendship arose between them which was to last until the death of Zapater in 1803.
Pera Museum Blog is launching a new series of creepy stories in collaboration with Turkey’s Fantasy and Science Fiction Arts Association (FABISAD). The Association’s member writers are presenting newly commissioned short horror stories inspired by the artworks of Mario Prassinos as part of the Museum’s In Pursuit of an Artist: Istanbul-Paris-Istanbul exhibition. The third story is by Murat Başekim! The stories will be published online throughout the exhibition. Stay tuned!
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)
