Pera Film’s March program is saluting women in sports. The selection presents a diverse range of stories of female athletes with astounding compelling stories. From fiction to documentary the program Gold Medal: Women in Sports explores the strength and stamina of incredible women. Personal Best captures the electric atmosphere of the 1980 Olympic Trials, Venus and Serena gives an unprecedented access to the world-famous tennis player sisters, Sarah Prefers to Run tackles the anxieties of a young athlete who lives only for the race, New Generation Queens focuses on the story of Zanzibar's determined women soccer team, Perfect follows the Canadian synchronized swimming team beyond the beauty, Girl Unbound presents an intimate portrait of Maria Toorpakai, who defies threats to herself and her family in order to represent Pakistan as an internationally competitive squash player. Blood Road tracks ultra-endurance athlete Rebecca Rusch and her riding partner, Huyen Nguyen, as they pedal 1,200 miles along the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail; The Longest Race explores how women in Kenya’s Iten, home to many of the best long distance runners in the world, are changing the socioeconomic landscape in their region through athletics. The captivating stories push boundaries as well as challenge pre-conceived notions. As Billie Jean King says “Champions keep playing until they get it right.”
This program’s screenings are free of admissions. Drop in, no reservations.
March 10
06:00 Know My Name
March 11
Personal Best
March 14
07:00 Girl Unbound
March 15
Blood Road
March 16
Know My Name
09:00 New Generation Queens: A Zanzibar Soccer Story
March 17
02:00 Personal Best
04:30 Perfect
06:00 Sarah Prefers to Run
March 18
02:00 New Generation Queens: A Zanzibar Soccer Story
04:00 Girl Unbound
06:00 Blood Road
March 22
07:00 Venus and Serena
March 23
01:05:12. The Longest Race
09:00 Perfect
March 28
07:00 Sarah Prefers to Run
April 27
01:05:12. The Longest Race
April 28
06:00 Venus and Serena
March 10
18:00 Know My Name
March 11
18:00 Personal Best
March 14
19:00 Girl Unbound
March 15
19:00 Blood Road
March 16
19:00 Know My Name
21:00 New Generation Queens: A Zanzibar Soccer Story
March 17
14:00 Personal Best
16:30 Perfect
18:00 Sarah Prefers to Run
March 18
14:00 New Generation Queens: A Zanzibar Soccer Story
16:00 Girl Unbound
18:00 Blood Road
March 22
19:00 Venus and Serena
March 23
19:00 01:05:12. The Longest Race
21:00 Perfect
March 28
19:00 Sarah Prefers to Run
April 27
19:00 01:05:12. The Longest Race
April 28
18:00 Venus and Serena
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. Through the biennial, we will be sharing detailed information about the artists and the artworks.
Organized in collaboration with the Giacometti Foundation, Paris, the exhibition explores Giacometti’s prolific life, most of which the artist led in his studio in Montparnasse, through the works of his early period as well his late work, including one unfinished piece. Devoted to Giacometti’s early works, the first part of the exhibition demonstrates the influence of Giovanni Giacometti, the father of the artist and a Swiss Post-Impressionist painter himself, on Giacometti’s output during these years and his role in his son’s development.
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: 25 TL
Discounted: 10 TL
Groups: 20 TL (10 people or more)