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
The exhibition Look at Me! Portraits and Other Fictions from the ”la Caixa” Contemporary Art Collection examines portraiture, one of the oldest artistic genres, through a significant number of works of our times. Through the exhibition we will be sharing about the artists and sections in Look At Me!.
Our Doublethink Double vision exhibition’s title alludes to George Orwell’s seminal work 1984 and presents a selection that includes Tracey Emin, Marcel Dzama, Anselm Kiefer, Bruce Nauman, Raymond Pettibon, and Thomas Ruff, as well as Turkish artists, tracing the steps of pluralistic thought through works of art.
Berggren acquires the techniques of photography in Berlin and holds different jobs in various European cities before arriving in İstanbul. Initially en route to Marseille, he disembarks from his ship in 1866 and settles in İstanbul, where he is to spend the rest of his life.
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 19:00
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)
