Future Lasts Forever is a 2011 Turkish drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

, written and directed by Özcan Alper, starring Gaye Gürsel as an Istanbul music student who travels to south-east Turkey to record tradiyional music and confront her own past. The film, which will go on nationwide general release across Turkey on , was awarded 5 prizes at the 18th International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival

18th International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival

The 18th International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival was a film festival held in Adana, Turkey from September 17 to 25, 2011. Cash prizes totalling 936,000 Turkish Liras, the highest amount given by a film festival in Turkey, were awarded for all catagories, for the first time in Turkey, in...

 (September 17-25, 2011) and premiered in competition at the 36th Toronto International Film Festival (September 8-18, 2011).

Festival screenings

• World Premiere: 36th Toronto International Film Festival (September 8-18, 2011)
• 18th International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (September 17-25, 2011)

Awards

• 18th International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (September 17-25, 2011)
  • Best Actor: Durukan Ordu (won)
  • Best Music: Mustafa Biber (won)
  • Best Cinematography: Feza Çaldıran (won)
  • Yılmaz Güney Award (won)
  • Turkish Film Critics Association (SİYAD) Best Film Award (won)