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Blog A World of Silent Films

Since the 6th International Istanbul Silent Cinema Days is going to take place at Akbank Sanat during 5-7 December 2019, we have decided to take a look at world’s various silent cinema festivals.

Film Woman With A Camera: Ella Bergmann-Michel

With Bergmann-Michel’s work getting increasingly more attention, come and enjoy the intimate poeticism and shocking bravery of the footage she recorded on the streets.

Workshop Masterclass: Daan van den Hurk

Young Dutch musician gives a masterclass about the hints of making music to silent cinema.

Film Man of Gold

The film will be screened in the festival’s Views from the Ottoman Empire section, which has become a classic over the years.

Film Hans Richter: The Avantgarde Music of Cinema

For Richter, what made cinema special among other arts was editing. Through editing, it was possible to create rhythm, which would induce the visual shock element praised by Dada.

Film The Views from the Ottoman Empire & Tamilla

One of the films shot by Muhsin Ertugrul in VUFKU studios in Soviet Russia, Tamilla will meet audiences after 92 years.

Film Comedy Selections

This heart-throbbing comedy by Lloyd will definitely take your breath away. The comedy programme also includes a surprise title!

Film Serge Bromberg’s Retour de Flamme

This program features discoveries he recently made in the archives, including the colored version of Voyage dans la Lune by Melies, with its original narration.

Film Beyond the Bolex

Travelling to Switzerland, Alyssa Bolsey delves into Jacques Bolsey’s personal diary, film reels and collected images in order to understand the man and his impact on generations of filmmakers.

Film The Undesirable

In this film, Kertész masterfully tells the story of a woman wrongfully charged with theft and her ultimate reunion with her long lost mother.

Film People With No Tomorrow

The film was a huge success, mostly because its story was based on true events that were widely covered in newspapers of the time.

Film Man With A Movie Camera

Finding camera extremely imposing with its ability to observe and record the world as it is, Dziga Vertov takes a walk around a metropolis with his brother Mikhail Kaufman in the streets, mines, factories, workshops and cinemas.

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