Greek Film Days

December 3 - 8, 2024

Pera Museum is hosting the Greek Film Days for the third time, an event that once again brings together classic and award-winning films of Greek cinema with movie enthusiasts.

Organized in collaboration with EMEIS Cultural Collective from Greece and istos film and istos publishing from Turkey, the program will take place at the Pera Museum Auditorium from December 3 to 8, 2024. The event kicks off with The Striker with Number 9, a poignant sports film by Pantelis Voulgaris, which competed for the Golden Bear Award at the 1988 Berlin Film Festival. Over the course of the event, audiences will have the chance to watch 17 significant films from 1980s and 1990s Greek cinema.

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

December 3

19:00 The Striker with Number 9

December 4

13:00 The Cronos Children

15:15 The Love of Ulysses

18:00 A Place in the Sun

19:00 The Wretches Are Still Singing

December 5

14:30 A Foolish Love

17:00 Invincible Lovers

19:00 Voyage to Cythera

December 6

13:00 Angel

15:30 Donousa

17:00 Quiet Days in August

19:00 Life on Sale

December 7

14:30 In the Shadow of Fear

16:30 From the Snow

19:00 Lefteris Dimakopoulos

December 8

13:00 Revanche

18:00 Take Care

The Striker with Number 9

The Striker with Number 9

The Cronos Children

The Cronos Children

The Love of Ulysses

The Love of Ulysses

A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun

The Wretches Are Still Singing

The Wretches Are Still Singing

A Foolish Love

A Foolish Love

Invincible Lovers

Invincible Lovers

Voyage to Cythera

Voyage to Cythera

Angel

Angel

Donousa

Donousa

Quiet Days in August

Quiet Days in August

Life on Sale

Life on Sale

In the Shadow of Fear

In the Shadow of Fear

From the Snow

From the Snow

Lefteris Dimakopoulos

Lefteris Dimakopoulos

Revanche

Revanche

Take Care

Take Care

Conversation with Award-Winning Director Periklis Hoursoglou <br> The Journey of a Film

Conversation with Award-Winning Director Periklis Hoursoglou
The Journey of a Film

Award-winning director Periklis Hoursoglou and producer Anna Maria Aslanoğlu discuss the similarities and differences in filmmaking between the 1990s and today.

Masterclass with Petros Markaris and Hüseyin Karabey <br> The Journey of Adapting a Novel to Script

Masterclass with Petros Markaris and Hüseyin Karabey
The Journey of Adapting a Novel to Script

The renowned writer, script-writer Petros Markaris discusses with the award-winning director Hüseyin Karabey about what it means for a writer when his books are being adapted for the screen.

Rineke Dijkstra Look At Me!

Rineke Dijkstra Look At Me!

“The portrait tells us that there is an inner and an outer dimension of the human condition; it provides—or should provide—information about both the physical and psychological character of an individual.” 

A Night at Pera Museum

A Night at Pera Museum

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At the Order of the Padishah

At the Order of the Padishah

In this piece, Żmurko presents an exotic image of a harem chamber, replete with gleaming fabrics and scattered jewels, as a setting for the statuesquely beautiful body of an odalisque murdered “at the order of the padishah”.