Running parallel to the 16th Istanbul Biennial of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), Kundura Cinema will feature a special selection of thematic screenings as part of a programme entitled As Real Becomes Surreal from 14 September – 9 November; four short films and one feature film have been curated by Pia Chakraverti-Wuerthwein and S. Buse Yıldırım.

In the program we explore the practices of artists who have turned to myth and fantasy as a means of addressing the contemporary world. Addressing topics ranging from urban decay to the relationship of humanity and its surroundings, many of the artists draw on their own biographies and bodies, and throughout the works the natural environment is personified, demanding space and agency upon the screen.

Programme:

1.30pm - 3.30pm

Flow (2018, 29') 
Su Ming-Yen

Beyond the North Winds: A Post Nuclear Reverie (2019, 24')
Natalie Cubides-Brady

The Open Forest (2017, 24')
Barbara Marcel

And What is the Summer Saying (2018, 24')
Payal Kapadia

5 pm - 6.30 pm

Leviathan (2012, 87')
Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel


*Free event, registration is needed. 

Running parallel to the 16th Istanbul Biennial of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), Kundura Cinema will feature a special selection of thematic screenings as part of a programme entitled As Real Becomes Surreal from 14 September – 9 November; four short films and one feature film have been curated by Pia Chakraverti-Wuerthwein and S. Buse Yıldırım.

In the program we explore the practices of artists who have turned to myth and fantasy as a means of addressing the contemporary world. Addressing topics ranging from urban decay to the relationship of humanity and its surroundings, many of the artists draw on their own biographies and bodies, and throughout the works the natural environment is personified, demanding space and agency upon the screen.

Programme:

1.30pm - 3.30pm

Flow (2018, 29') 
Su Ming-Yen

Beyond the North Winds: A Post Nuclear Reverie (2019, 24')
Natalie Cubides-Brady

The Open Forest (2017, 24')
Barbara Marcel

And What is the Summer Saying (2018, 24')
Payal Kapadia

5 pm - 6.30 pm

Leviathan (2012, 87')
Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel


*Free event, registration is needed. 

Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Academy Award® winner Jack Nicholson (Best Actor, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, 1975) star in this unconventional classic which Time Magazine hails as "one of the ten most important pictures of the decade." Experience the real, uncensored '60s counterculture in this compelling mixture of drugs, sex and armchair politics. Jack Nicholson portrays an alcoholic attorney who hooks up with two part-time, drug-dealing motorcycling (Fonda and Hopper) in search of their "American Dream." Heading from California to New Orleans, they sample the highs and lows of America in a stoned-out quest for life's true meaning.

An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb. 

A hot summer day six young men and two young women meet at the beach beside a deep river. After a while they go for a swim. At a point where the river is 8 meters deep, one of the boys gets the idea of diving to the bottom, and to bring up a handful of clay as a proof of the feat. The others follow his example. Back on dry land one of the girls suddenly wonders where Gabi is. When they figure out that no one has seen him coming up from the river, they get worried. Gabi's clothes are still on the beach, and they start searching for him along the banks and in the water. Finally they have to call the police, who start dragging the river. The corpse isn't found, and the following days Gabi's friends display different reactions to the loss. Some had unsettled matters with him, which now never can be solved. Some have already started to forget his face. At the third day the body is found. Summer is gone, and the circle of friends disbands. Some go to a bigger city for studies, while others have to stay in the small town and work. Left alone in inconsolable grief is Gabi's grandmother. Gabi's father died a long time ago, and now she has lost also her grandson, her only remaining support and joy in life. 

An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb. 

Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Academy Award® winner Jack Nicholson (Best Actor, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, 1975) star in this unconventional classic which Time Magazine hails as "one of the ten most important pictures of the decade." Experience the real, uncensored '60s counterculture in this compelling mixture of drugs, sex and armchair politics. Jack Nicholson portrays an alcoholic attorney who hooks up with two part-time, drug-dealing motorcycling (Fonda and Hopper) in search of their "American Dream." Heading from California to New Orleans, they sample the highs and lows of America in a stoned-out quest for life's true meaning.

Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

A hot summer day six young men and two young women meet at the beach beside a deep river. After a while they go for a swim. At a point where the river is 8 meters deep, one of the boys gets the idea of diving to the bottom, and to bring up a handful of clay as a proof of the feat. The others follow his example. Back on dry land one of the girls suddenly wonders where Gabi is. When they figure out that no one has seen him coming up from the river, they get worried. Gabi's clothes are still on the beach, and they start searching for him along the banks and in the water. Finally they have to call the police, who start dragging the river. The corpse isn't found, and the following days Gabi's friends display different reactions to the loss. Some had unsettled matters with him, which now never can be solved. Some have already started to forget his face. At the third day the body is found. Summer is gone, and the circle of friends disbands. Some go to a bigger city for studies, while others have to stay in the small town and work. Left alone in inconsolable grief is Gabi's grandmother. Gabi's father died a long time ago, and now she has lost also her grandson, her only remaining support and joy in life. 

An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb. 

Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Academy Award® winner Jack Nicholson (Best Actor, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, 1975) star in this unconventional classic which Time Magazine hails as "one of the ten most important pictures of the decade." Experience the real, uncensored '60s counterculture in this compelling mixture of drugs, sex and armchair politics. Jack Nicholson portrays an alcoholic attorney who hooks up with two part-time, drug-dealing motorcycling (Fonda and Hopper) in search of their "American Dream." Heading from California to New Orleans, they sample the highs and lows of America in a stoned-out quest for life's true meaning.

A hot summer day six young men and two young women meet at the beach beside a deep river. After a while they go for a swim. At a point where the river is 8 meters deep, one of the boys gets the idea of diving to the bottom, and to bring up a handful of clay as a proof of the feat. The others follow his example. Back on dry land one of the girls suddenly wonders where Gabi is. When they figure out that no one has seen him coming up from the river, they get worried. Gabi's clothes are still on the beach, and they start searching for him along the banks and in the water. Finally they have to call the police, who start dragging the river. The corpse isn't found, and the following days Gabi's friends display different reactions to the loss. Some had unsettled matters with him, which now never can be solved. Some have already started to forget his face. At the third day the body is found. Summer is gone, and the circle of friends disbands. Some go to a bigger city for studies, while others have to stay in the small town and work. Left alone in inconsolable grief is Gabi's grandmother. Gabi's father died a long time ago, and now she has lost also her grandson, her only remaining support and joy in life.