Charlie Chaplin Shorts

Director: Mabel Normand / Mack Sennett
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand
1914, Black & White, DVD
Restoration: Cineteca di Bologna Music: Uninvited Jazz Band

The festival has prepared a special programme for two ground-breaking names in silent cinema/ comedy. The programme pays tribute to Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. The programme combines a selection of short movies from the debut year of Chaplin in Keystone Studios and the latest restoration of Buster Keaton’s ‘One Week’.

Films:
Mabel's Strange Predicament
Mabel's Busy Day
Caught in a Cabaret
The Fatal Mallet

The film will be introduced by Jay Weissberg.

For further info about İstanbul Silent Cinema Days, please click here.

(Sur)real Colors

(Sur)real Colors

Fantasia of Color in Early Cinema

Fantasia of Color in Early Cinema

Nathan the Wise

Nathan the Wise

Different from the Others

Different from the Others

Views of Ottoman Empire Selection

Views of Ottoman Empire Selection

Charlie Chaplin Shorts

Charlie Chaplin Shorts

One Week

One Week

Hundred Year Old Films for Pera Museum's 10th Year Fantasia of Color

Hundred Year Old Films for Pera Museum's 10th Year Fantasia of Color

Today's Stories: Cihangir <br>Özge Baykan Calafato

Today's Stories: Cihangir
Özge Baykan Calafato

Inspired by the exhibition Istanbuls TodayToday's Stories series continues with Özge Baykan Calafato's story "Cihangir"! This series gathers short stories written by authors encouraged by the photographs in the exhibition.

Midnight Stories: Hotel of Retro Dreams <br> Doğu Yücel

Midnight Stories: Hotel of Retro Dreams
Doğu Yücel

He didn’t expect this from me. And I hadn’t expected that we would decide to get married that day, at that moment. Everything happened all of a sudden, but exactly like it was supposed to happen in our day. We thought of the idea of marriage simultaneously, we smiled simultaneously, blinking and opening our eyes in unison. 

Giacometti & the Human Figure

Giacometti & the Human Figure

Giacometti worked nonstop on his sculptures, either from nature or from memory, trying to capture the universal facial expressions.