As the summer ends and autumn comes, there are many cultural and art activities you can enjoy in the city. We compiled the best for you.

28TH ISTANBUL INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

Istanbul International Short Film Festival is the longest running and most experienced organization among the international short film festivals in Turkey. Short film is a medium based on making best of limited time within the frame of cinema art and gives the directors the opportunity of expressing their talents in the most unique way. The In this perspective the Festival aims to support short film and to provide young filmmakers to present their work both on national and international platforms. The Festival is organized each November and through its one-week-course around 200 distinguished short films from Turkey and the world are screened to filmlovers. Experienced filmmakers, professionals share their experiences through Q&A’s and workshops. Until today, around 5400 short films have been screened, 1150 guests have attended the festival, 550 Q&A’s and 33 workshops have been organized.

TEPTA LIGHTING 25TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION: DAY, LIGHT, NIGHT

Istanbul Modern hosts “Day, Light, Night”, an exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of TEPTA Lighting, Istanbul Modern’s lighting sponsor since the Museum’s foundation in 2004, with the support of Consulate General of Italy in Istanbul. The first exhibition in Turkey to focus exclusively on “lighting”, “Day, Light, Night” brings together some of the world’s leading architects, designers, artists and the design-oriented lighting brands that TEPTA represents in Turkey. Curated by lighting designer Ulrike Brandi, the exhibition comprises original works prepared especially for the occasion by designers, artists and architects focused on lighting, installations and light objects. Brandi is the founding director of UBL and Brandi Institute in Germany. The conceptual framework of the exhibition was inspired by the way Istanbul’s temperament varies depending on the hour and weather conditions of the day. In this regard, the exhibition’s nine installations provide viewers an opportunity to rethink and interpret “natural light”. The exhibition concept is summarized by the curator’s own words: Natural light leads us through our days and nights – in other words through our whole lives. Natural light makes us healthy and happy and helps us to experience our environment. It creates different atmospheres. So, why don’t we learn more from natural light when we create spaces with artificial light? Let’s not imitate, let’s be inspired by natural light.

DIALOGUE IN THE DARK

An exhibition and workshop to explore the unseen, Dialogue in The Dark, offers you an incredible experience to understand daily life of blind people.The concept of Dialogue in the Dark is simple: visitors are lead by blind guides in groups through specially constructed dark rooms in which scent, sound, wind, temperature and texture convey the characteristics of daily environments.

YOUNG SOUL MUSICIAN IMANY WILL PERFORM AT VOLKSWAGEN ARENA ON OCTOBER 21!

Influenced by her idols were Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Tracy Chapman – icons of jazz, soul and folk music- Imany went platinum in three countries with her 2011 debut album, “Shape of a Broken Heart” gaining her a wide fan base in the process. She reached around 1.5 million people with the soundtrack she composed for the movie “Sous Les Jupes des Filles”, and thereafter set off on a long tour encompassing three continents. From love, women’s rights and climate change to political struggles, Imany’s lyrics touch on a variety of subjects. Her performance at the festival is sure to be a special one full of new songs that instill in listeners serenity, hope and sorrow all at once.

VIVALDIANNO

Vivaldianno will be at Istanbul on November 5, 2016. A unique concert show in 3D. Grounded in the music of the Baroque, it is expanded with contemporary sound and propelled by contemporary energy, as it tells the chilling story of the Baroque genius Antonio Vivaldi and his life’s hopes and losses. A orchestra, which covers classical as well as art-rock instrumentation, occupies the stage between large-format projections in front and in the back of it. Along with a complex and sophisticated light design that utilizes cutting-edge technologies, this gives the audience an unequalled musical experience in the third dimension.