Istanbul Modern Cinema kicks off the season with the theme of “play.” With contributions from Prof. Dr. H. Serdar Gergerlioğlu and Dr. İren Dicle Aytaç, the program, offers a multi-layered experience ranging from sports to politics, from film screenings to panels, and from virtual reality experiences to AI workshops.
The program also invites audiences to interactive discussions through panels featuring guests from the worlds of academia and the arts, addressing topics that span from power games to video games, and from childhood to the search for meaning in sports. Panel participants include psychiatrist Prof. Dr. Bengi Semerci and filmmaker-screenwriter Deniz Tortum, among others.
APOLLON BY DAY ATHENA BY NIGHT (GÜNDÜZ APOLLON GECE ATHENA), 2024
Türkiye | DCP, Color, 112’ | Turkish
Director: Emine Yıldırım
Cast: Ezgi Çelik, Barış Gönenen, Selen Uçer, Gizem Bilgen
*For the Thursday screening of this film, visitors can collect their tickets at the museum desk on the day of the screening. Tickets are free for residents of Türkiye.
GAME CHANGERS (SPIELERINNEN), 2024
Germany | DCP, Color, 89’ | German, Turkish
Director: Aysun Bademsoy
*For the Thursday screening of this film, visitors can collect their tickets at the museum desk on the day of the screening. Tickets are free for residents of Türkiye.
GRAND TOUR, 2024
Portugal, Italy, France | DCP, Color, Black and White, 129’ | English, Portuguese, Vietnamese,
Director: Miguel Gomes
Cast: Gonçalo Waddington, Crista Alfaiate, Cláudio da Silva
LEVEL FIVE, 1997
France | DCP, Color, 106’ | English, Japanese, French
Director: Chris Marker
Cast: Catherine Belkhodja, Kenji Tokitsu, Nagisa Ôshima
PLAY, 2011
Sweden, France | DCP, Color, 118’ | Swedish, English, French
Director: Ruben Östlund
Cast: Anas Abdirahman, Sebastian Blyckert, Yannick Diakité
THE ACT OF KILLING, 2012
United Kingdom, Denmark, Indonesia | DCP, Color, 117’ | English, Indonesian
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Cast: Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin
WORKSHOPS AND PANELS