Greek Film Days

June 7 - 12, 2022

Pera Museum is hosting the Greek Film Days, which will take place for the first time in Turkey, where uniqueand award-winning films from auteurs of Greek cinema will be screened. Organized in collaboration with the Greek Ministry of Culture, the Greek Film Center, the Hellenic Film Academy, Consulate General of Greece in Istanbul, Thessaloniki Cinema Museum, EMEIS Cultural Collective and istos, the program offers a rich selection of 17 films in total, including cult films by auteurs such as Theo Angelopoulos (Reconstruction) and Costa Gavras (Z).

A selection of films from the 1960s to the 1980s will meet with audience at the Greek Film Days, which will take place free of charge from 7 to 12 June. 

This programs screenings are free admissions. Drop in, no reservations. As per legal regulations, all our screenings are restricted to persons over 18 years of age, unless stated otherwise.

June 7

15:00 Reconstruction

June 8

13:00 Z

16:00 The Roundup

18:00 John the Violent

June 9

13:00 The Crossing

15:00 Deserter

June 10

13:00 A Quiet Death

15:00 Olga Robards

17:00 Mania

19:00 Evdokia

21:00 The Photograph

June 11

13:00 The Excursion

15:00 The Idlers of the Fertile Vallye

19:00 Morning Patrol

June 12

13:00 Stone Years

16:00 Young Aphrodites

18:00 Trojan Women

Reconstruction

Reconstruction

Z

Z

The Roundup

The Roundup

John the Violent

John the Violent

The Crossing

The Crossing

Deserter

Deserter

A Quiet Death

A Quiet Death

Olga Robards

Olga Robards

Mania

Mania

Evdokia

Evdokia

The Photograph

The Photograph

The Excursion

The Excursion

The Idlers of the Fertile Vallye

The Idlers of the Fertile Vallye

Morning Patrol

Morning Patrol

Stone Years

Stone Years

Young Aphrodites

Young Aphrodites

Trojan Women

Trojan Women

Greek Cinema is Self-Introducing

Greek Cinema is Self-Introducing

Four panelists, Ms. Athena Kalkopoulou, Ms. Antigoni Rota, and Ms. Afroditi Nikolaidoupresent to the participants a clear picture on today’s state of filmmaking in Greece, the industry’s structure, the national policies undertaken to boost and enable film production, to challenge the market demands etc.

Between Impressionism and Orientalism

Between Impressionism and Orientalism

Pera Museum presents an exhibition of French artist Félix Ziem, one of the most original landscape painters of the 19th century. 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. Through the exhibition, we will be sharing detailed information about the artist and the artworks. 

The Horse Figure in Mersad Berber’s Works

The Horse Figure in Mersad Berber’s Works

Mersad Berber (1940-2012), is one of the greatest and the most significant representatives of Bosnian-Herzegovinian and Yugoslav art in the second half of the 20th century. His vast body of expressive and unique works triggered the local art scene’s recognition into Europe as well as the international stage.

Serpent Head

Serpent Head

The Greek god Apollo and his son Asklepios presided over the realm of medicine and healing. Apollo was also the god of light and sun, whose solar symbolism and association with medicine would become linked to Christ the Physician, and the resurrected.