Suddenly A Stranger Appears

September 20 - November 10, 2019

Pera Museum is hosting the 16th Istanbul Biennial between September 14 - November 10, 2019. As part of the Suddenly A Stranger Appears program inspired by the Biennial’s The Seventh Continent theme, Pera Film brings cinematic masterpieces that combine the memory of nature and society and encourage us to question our level of alienation to the world in which we live and the extent of our contribution to this alienation. 

The program which includes screenings between September 20 - November 10, features seventeen films focusing on global transformation, the ages-long phenomenon of transformation experienced by civilizations and humanity’s cosmic footprint including; Nanook of the North, which depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region and is regarded as the first full-length, anthropological documentary in cinematographic history, The Sounds of Science, a selection of short films by French filmmaker and scientist Jean Painlevé which has a special place in surrealist cinema, Sakawa, a documentary film that lays bare the entire Ghanaian scamming industry targeting the online dating sites, through the eyes of the perpetrators, Planet of the Apes, which is about a group of astronauts crash-landing on another planet where a completely different species thrives.

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

September 20

19:00 The Sounds of Science

21:00 Beuys

September 21

15:00 Princess Mononoke

September 22

15:00 Planet of the Apes

September 25

19:00 O Brother, Where Art Thou?

September 28

15:00 Frozen River

October 2

19:00 One Man Dies A Million Times

October 4

19:00 Sakawa

October 6

13:00 The Sounds of Science

October 9

19:00 Princess Mononoke

October 11

19:00 Nanook of the North

October 12

15:00 Beuys

October 13

13:00 O Brother, Where Art Thou?

October 16

19:00 Frozen River

October 18

19:00 Yuva

October 23

19:00 One Man Dies A Million Times

October 30

19:00 Planet of the Apes

November 3

15:00 Sakawa

November 6

19:00 Yuva

November 10

18:00 Nanook of the North

Nanook of the North

Nanook of the North

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Frozen River

Frozen River

Beuys

Beuys

Sakawa

Sakawa

Yuva

Yuva

One Man Dies A Million Times

One Man Dies A Million Times

The Sounds of Science

The Sounds of Science

Program Trailer

Suddenly A Stranger Appears

Inspired by the Biennial’s The Seventh Continent theme, Pera Film brings cinematic masterpieces that combine the memory of nature and society and encourage us to question our level of alienation to the world in which we live and the extent of our contribution to this alienation.

16th Istanbul Biennial

Pera Museum will host the 16th Istanbul Biennial, organized by Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV). The theme of the biennial, curated by French curator, author and academic Nicolas Bourriaud; is The Seventh Continent.

16th Istanbul Biennial

Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio de Chirico was born on July 10, 1888, in Volos, Greece, to an Italian family. His mother, Gemma Cervetto, was from a family of Genoa origin, but most likely she was born in Izmir. His father, Evaristo, was born on June 21, 1841 in the Büyükdere district of Istanbul.

Journey to the East

Journey to the East

Pera Museum presents an exhibition of French artist Félix Ziem, one of the most original landscape painters of the 19th century. This week we are sharing Ziem’s work inspired by Istanbul and “the East”! 

Memory of Objects

Memory of Objects

In his book exploring the cultural history of souvenirs, Rolf Potts discusses how such objects assume meaning through personal stories: Objects turn into memories with the stories they hold.