Fear & Fantasy Festival October 17–27, 2019

Istanbul Modern Cinema presents the second installment of the Fear & Fantasy Festival whose first edition was held last year and features films as well as works from other art fields in the genres of horror and fantasy. Curated by Müge Turan and coordinated by Can Koç, the program brings together diverse disciplines that tread the waters of horror and fantasy, ranging from horror storytelling performances and cult animated movies to examples from this year’s film festivals and silent movie screenings accompanied by live music. Among the films that stand out in the festival is Denis Côté’s Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des Villes Disparues) which premiered in competition at this year’s Berlinale and will be screened for the first time in Turkey. Also featured in the festival is another much-talked-about film from this year; the epic and radical La Flor by Argentinian director Mariano Llinás, which took a decade to make, was shot across three continents, and has a runtime of 14 hours divided into six chapters. Also included in the program are the sci-fi classic The Matrix which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, as well as Georges Franju’s 1960 feature Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux Sans Visage).

HORROR STORIES AND TALK
Thursday, October 24, 19.00

Horror Stories: Known for his stories and novels, horror storyteller Mehmet Berk Yaltırık narrates in the form of stories, the legends and frightening rumors that he has encountered in his research.

Talk: Anatolian Horror Writers Galip Dursun, Işın Beril Tetik, Demokan Atasoy, Serdar Kökçeoğlu, and Mehmet Berk Yaltırık will be in conversation about the current quest for a language that fits Anatolia’s culture of horror stories and of contemporary horror filmmaking in Turkey.