Screening Program:
Where Breath Leads
Still from Cow (2021)
©Kat Mansoor
©Kat Mansoor
Walk-in Cinema
Organized as part of The Lives of Animals at Salt Beyoğlu, Where Breath Leads explores how humans observe, care for, and coexist with animals. Focusing on the ethical, emotional, and sensory dimensions of interspecies relationships, the screening program brings together films that question the ways we define life, value, and interdependence across species. The program draws its title from the etymological root of the word animal, derived from the Latin anima—meaning "breath" or "soul"—alluding to the shared conditions of aliveness and vulnerability that connect all sentient beings.
Andrea Arnold's documentary Cow looks into the world and daily life of a dairy cow. In Butenland, Marc Pierschel documents a former dairy farmer and an animal rights activist as they transform a traditional farm into a sanctuary where cows and other animals live freely, no longer treated as commodities. Kala Azar by Janis Rafa follows a couple who collect the bodies of deceased pets, offering a reflection on rituals of care, mourning, and our connection to other species. My Garden of a Thousand Bees by David Allen captures the intelligence and behavior of bees in an urban garden, revealing the often-overlooked complexity of insect worlds. La Panthère des neiges [The Velvet Queen] follows a photographer and a writer as they travel across the Tibetan plateau in search of rare wildlife, offering a quiet meditation on patience, perception, and the possibility of encountering the wild without intrusion.
Together, these films offer a lens through which to reconsider our place within multispecies communities and imagine relationships grounded in attentiveness, empathy, and shared vulnerability.
Where Breath Leads is programmed by Joanna Zielińska together with Alâ Taleb from Salt. The free-admission screenings are open to everyone.
PROGRAM
Cow, Andrea Arnold, 2021, 94'
Thursday, July 3, 19.00
Butenland, Marc Pierschel, 2019, 82'
Saturday, July 5, 18.30
Kala Azar, Janis Rafa, 2020, 92'
Thursday, July 17, 19.00
My Garden of a Thousand Bees, David Allen, 2021, 53'
Saturday, July 26, 18.00
La Panthère des neiges [The Velvet Queen], Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier, 2021, 92'
Wednesday, July 30, 19.30
Organized as part of The Lives of Animals at Salt Beyoğlu, Where Breath Leads explores how humans observe, care for, and coexist with animals. Focusing on the ethical, emotional, and sensory dimensions of interspecies relationships, the screening program brings together films that question the ways we define life, value, and interdependence across species. The program draws its title from the etymological root of the word animal, derived from the Latin anima—meaning "breath" or "soul"—alluding to the shared conditions of aliveness and vulnerability that connect all sentient beings.
Andrea Arnold's documentary Cow looks into the world and daily life of a dairy cow. In Butenland, Marc Pierschel documents a former dairy farmer and an animal rights activist as they transform a traditional farm into a sanctuary where cows and other animals live freely, no longer treated as commodities. Kala Azar by Janis Rafa follows a couple who collect the bodies of deceased pets, offering a reflection on rituals of care, mourning, and our connection to other species. My Garden of a Thousand Bees by David Allen captures the intelligence and behavior of bees in an urban garden, revealing the often-overlooked complexity of insect worlds. La Panthère des neiges [The Velvet Queen] follows a photographer and a writer as they travel across the Tibetan plateau in search of rare wildlife, offering a quiet meditation on patience, perception, and the possibility of encountering the wild without intrusion.
Together, these films offer a lens through which to reconsider our place within multispecies communities and imagine relationships grounded in attentiveness, empathy, and shared vulnerability.
Where Breath Leads is programmed by Joanna Zielińska together with Alâ Taleb from Salt. The free-admission screenings are open to everyone.
PROGRAM
Cow, Andrea Arnold, 2021, 94'
Thursday, July 3, 19.00
Butenland, Marc Pierschel, 2019, 82'
Saturday, July 5, 18.30
Kala Azar, Janis Rafa, 2020, 92'
Thursday, July 17, 19.00
My Garden of a Thousand Bees, David Allen, 2021, 53'
Saturday, July 26, 18.00
La Panthère des neiges [The Velvet Queen], Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier, 2021, 92'
Wednesday, July 30, 19.30
In accordance with Article 7 of Law No. 5224 amended on 18.01.2019, films that have not been assessed and classified by the General Directorate of Cinema, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Republic of Turkey, can only be screened under the classification of 18+ at festivals, special screenings or similar culture and arts events.
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