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Cléo from 5 to 7 Screening
A woman’s journey from the fear of death back towards life: Agnès Varda’s unforgettable masterpiece Cléo from 5 to 7, presented by Othon, comes to Istanbul, İzmir, and Ankara!
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Support Othon
Othon Cinema is a platform based in Istanbul that organizes film screenings and cinema talks while producing work in various fields related to cinema. Any support you provide for the…
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Neşet Günal’s Earth Men
The result of a long and meticulous effort. A different approach to the world of painting. A concrete example of achieving mastery on the edge of impossibilities. A striking document of the dominance of cinematic art over painting.
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Interview with Tsai Ming-liang
Even though my films are quite close to reality, there is still an act of creation. You still need an artistic approach. What I want to preserve is the authenticity of a particular stretch of time. That feeling of authenticity I present in my films is very important to me.
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A Nuri Bilge Ceylan Exhibition in Amsterdam
Eye Filmmuseum is presenting the first exhibition in the Netherlands dedicated to Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s photographs and films, titled “Inner Landscapes”, from January 17 to May 11, 2025. On this occasion, we had the opportunity to interview Jaap Guldemond, the exhibition director and curator at Eye Filmmuseum.
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Bestowal
The film depicts where life can begin and where it can lead for a filmmaker, and in the journey between existence and non-existence, it illustrates where the mind and heart can reach through the medium of cinema.
• Interviews•
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Interview with Tsai Ming-liang
Even though my films are quite close to reality, there is still an act of creation. You still need an artistic approach. What I want to preserve is the authenticity of a particular stretch of time. That feeling of authenticity I present in my films is very important to me.
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Interview with Christian Petzold
No one starts from scratch. Anyone who writes a book has, after all, also read books. Films don’t simply arise in one’s head; they emerge from connections, from proximity.
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Interview with Lucrecia Martel
Cinema isn’t there to say “this is wrong” or “this is right,” but to show how things have been constructed. To show that things are not natural, to show that they are made, defined, by human beings.
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Interview with Gerald Kargl
When the film premiered in 1983, people in Austria, at the very least, turned up their noses. That harmed me and made it more difficult for me to finance another film.
• Events •
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Cléo from 5 to 7 Screening
A woman’s journey from the fear of death back towards life: Agnès Varda’s unforgettable masterpiece Cléo from 5 to 7, presented by Othon, comes to Istanbul, İzmir, and Ankara!
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A Chris Marker Week
Rise up, the revolution is coming! We are preparing to bear witness to a revolutionary struggle through the language of cinema: On 24 and 25 October, two of Chris Marker’s immortal masterpieces, A Grin Without a Cat and Sans Soleil, will be screened in Istanbul and Ankara!
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The Things of Life Screening
“Some moments are ordinary while they are happening; when remembered, they carry an entire life.” A French Classic: The Things of Life, presented by Othon, in Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara!
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Screening
The more colorful the beginning of a love story, the quieter its farewell can be. A unique masterpiece of music in cinema: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, presented by Othon Cinema in Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara!
• Films•
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Neşet Günal’s Earth Men
The result of a long and meticulous effort. A different approach to the world of painting. A concrete example of achieving mastery on the edge of impossibilities. A striking document of the dominance of cinematic art over painting.
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Jard-sur-Mer
Samuel Starck Sjøen shows us a twilight that sets in along the French coast of Jard-sur-Mer, but a lighthouse penetrates the incoming darkness.
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Bestowal
The film depicts where life can begin and where it can lead for a filmmaker, and in the journey between existence and non-existence, it illustrates where the mind and heart can reach through the medium of cinema.
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The Islands Above
Combining memory, poetry, and the empty landscapes of the narrator’s homeland, The Islands Above is a tourist’s look at an isolated local.
Othon Cinema is a platform that strives to open the door to all kinds of cinematic productions. One of the main reasons behind this initiative is to reveal the achievements and productions of people who are on a personal journey through cinema.
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