KUNDURA CINEMA INVITES AUDIENCES TO DYSTOPIAS IN MAY
Located by Bosphorus, Kundura Cinemainvites audiences to a unique cinema experience with its curated film programme. May film listing of Kundura Cinema will challenge audiences with screenings focusing on distopias.
The new shuttle service from Taksim to Kundura Cinema and ferry services at İstinye Port makes it easier to reach Kundura Cinema. Kundura Cinema’s May film programme is filled to the brim with special screenings, workshops for kids and dystopian film selection.
Hot in May: Welcome to the Dystopia!
Produced in 2013 by the acclaimed director Leos Carax, Holy Motors invites the audience to the lives of different people such as a beggar, an old man and an acrobat. Pushing the limits to the end, Carax shows that cinema is not only about telling stories.
One of the first representatives of French New Wave, Jean Luc Godard’s 1965 black- white film Alphaville tells the story of private detective Lemmy Caution’s adventure in Ford galaxy’s capital Alphaville. His mission is to find the lost agent Henry Dickson; capture Professor Von Braun, the creator of Alphaville; and then destroy Alphaville and Alpha 60, the computer-human ruling the city.
During his mission, Lemmy Caution meets femme fatale Natacha and falls in love with her. However, there is a huge problem: Natacha is the daughter of the scientists who created Alpha 60. Considered as one the best examples of dystopian genre, Alphaville won The Golden Bear prize in 15th Berlin International Film Festival.
Sin City by the directors Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez centers around the habitants in Sin City where the town beckons to the tough, the corrupt and the brokenhearted. Produced in 2005,habitants of Sin City seek revenge and lust for redemption. Life of unlikely heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care is reflected.
IDFA Documentaries - Short Creative Documentary Anthology
Kundura Cinema continues to feature selected documentaries from the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, IDFA in the May programme.
Director Rati Oneli’s City Of the Sun owns the First Prize for the Best Feature Length Documentary in Madrid International Film Festival 2017. The lives, dreams, and destinies of extraordinary characters unfold in this impressionist dreamscape amid the ruins of a semi-abandoned mining town in City Of the Sun.
Half Life in Fukushima by the directors Mark Olexa and Francesca Scalisi produced in 2016 centers around the experiences of Naato who is a Japanese farmer within the radiation red zone after the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Kids Special in May: “Animated Images” Workshop and Cartoon Screenings
Kundura Cinema invites kids aged between 7-10 to an entertaining and educating workshop by Museum Educator and writer Hüsne Rhea Çiğdem in May. From the creation of the cinema with Lumiere Brothers to the first ever screened cartoon “Fantasmagorie”, workshop will focus on the cinema history. Kids will have a chance to create their own thaumatropes and after the workshop selected cartoons from the Lobster Film catalogue will be screened. Parents are also welcomed to the cartoon screenings. The workshop will be held at Kundura Cinema on 26th of May, Sunday.
Special Screening: “GILDA”
Charles Vidor’s 1946 produced Gilda tells the story of Gilda who is married to a wealthy club owner in Buenos Aires. Second chance to watch the film including Rita Hayworth’s memorable performance as a woman trapped in a love triangle for those who missed the first screening in April. The screening will be held with complimentary drinks and nibbles.
Film Programme, May 2019:
May 4th, Saturday
16.00 |Alphaville - 1965, Jean Luc Godard
19.30 | Holy Motors - 2013, Leos Carax
May 5th, Sunday
16.00 | Piccadilly - 1929, Ewald André Dupont *
19.30 | Sin City - 2005, Frank Millerand Robert Rodriguez
May 11th, Saturday
16.00 | Half Life in Fukushima - 2016, Mark Olexa and Francesca Scalisi (IDFA)
19.30 | Sin City - 2005, Frank Millerand Robert Rodriguez
May 12th, Sunday
16.00 |Dark Days - 2000, Marc Singer
19.30 | Holy Motors - 2013, Leos Carax
May 18th, Saturday
16.00 | City of the Sun - 2017, Rati Oneli (IDFA)
19.30 | Alphaville - 1965, Jean Luc Godard
May 19th, Sunday
16.00 | Dark Days - 2000, Marc Singer
19.30 | Sin City - 2005, Frank Millerand Robert Rodriguez
May 25th, Saturday
16.00 | Piccadilly - 1929, Ewald André Dupont *
19.30 |Alphaville - 1965, Jean Luc Godard
May 26th, Sunday
16.00 | Cartoon Selection from the Lobster Film Catalogue
19.30 | Holy Motors - 2013, Leos Carax
May 31th, Friday - Special Screening
21.00 | Gilda - 1948, Charles Vidor **
*With live piano performance by Ayşe Tütüncü
**With special offers
