Our Possibilities of Happiness June 1–11, 2017

Before going on its two-month summer break, Istanbul Modern Cinema presents a “best of” program from this year’s world festivals. Comprised of the latest productions of established contemporary art film directors, the selection includes the heartbreaking and ironic drama Things to Come (L’avenir) by French writer-director Mia Hansen- Løve, in which Isabelle Huppert plays a philosophy professor facing a mid-life crisis, and The Handmaiden by South Korea’s star director Park Chan-wook which played in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Olivier Assayas’s Personal Shopper, which won the award for “Best Director” at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, is another film that stands out in the program. Part ghost story, part character study of a woman who works as a shopping assistant for a famous model in Paris, Personal Shopper is a bold movie with its enigmatic and suspenseful screenplay and captivating performance by Kristen Stewart, the first American actress to have won a César, the French equivalent of the Oscars.