Cinema’s Nasty Women II
Kundura Cinema’s silent film program from last year, Cinema’s Nasty Women, which drew great attention continues with part two. The program, named after Donald Trump’s speech where he called his rival Hillary Clinton “a nasty woman” as an insult at the 2016 Presidential Debate and which suddenly became a global feminist movement’s slogan, gives a shout out to the women comedians who refused to be defined by the concept morality and gender roles, and who had no regard for the rules. The part two of the program, which is a homage to once famous women comedy actors whose names have since been forgotten, brings together a special collection of silent short films from USA, France and Italy made between the years 1899-1914. Curated by the Silent Cinema curator of the EYE Filmmuseum Elif Rongen-Kaynakcı; film scholar, writer, feminist and queer activist Laura Horak; and film and media writer Maggie Hennefeld, the program will screen 6 short films for the first time in Turkey and pianist, musician and producer Gonca Feride Varol will accompany the screenings with her live performance.
Curated by the Silent Cinema curator of the EYE Filmmuseum Elif Rongen-Kaynakcı; film scholar, writer, feminist and queer activist Laura Horak; and film and media writer Maggie Hennefeld, the program will screen 6 short films for the first time in Turkey and pianist, musician and producer Gonca Feride Varol, along with violin player Seçil Başabak Kalyoncu will accompany the screenings with their live performances.
GONCA FERIDE VAROL Born in Istanbul in 1986, Gonca Varol started playing piano at the age of 7. During high school and university, she played keyboard in various rock, blues and pop bands and took Jazz Harmony and Jazz Piano lessons from Baki Duyarlar and Burak Bedikyan. She played at jazz clubs, bars, notable music festivals and on TV shows. She released her meditative album “Renew Your Mind” in 2020. She accompanied the films Shoes (Lois Weber, 1916) and Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (Walter Ruttmann, 1927) at Kundura Cinema’s silent film screenings; as well as “East is West” at A Summer Night’s festival with her piano. Varol still works as a music producer at Snapmuse Music Production company and is involved in music creation as an arranger, vocalist, songwriter, lyricist, pianist and keyboard player.
LAUGHING GAS
US, 1907, 6’40”
MARY JANE'S MISHAP; OR DON’T FOOL WITH THE PARAFFIN
UK, 1903, 4’
LE BATEAU DE LÉONTINE / BETTY’S BOAT
France, 1911, 4’48”
ROSALIE A LA MALADIE DU SOMMEIL
France, 1911, 4,5’
DAISY DOODAD'S DIAL
US, 1914, 10’
LEA BAMBOLA
Italy, 1913, 6’
MADAME FAIT DU SPORT (Madame is Athletic)
France, 1908, 10’
THE RED GIRL AND THE CHILD
US, 1910, 17’
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SESSION - All films will be screened in their original language with Turkish subtitles.
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