Once Upon a Time in the Future: 2121 | TAIFAS

Directed by Serpil Altın

Starring: Selen Öztürk, Sukeyna Kiliç, Aysenil Samlioglu, Çagdas Onur Öztürk

Drama - Turkey - 2022 - 1h32

Spoken in Turkish, subtitled in English and Romanian

In the future, the earth becomes uninhabitable due to climate crisis and famine. The few survivors form colonies and start to live in underground blocks.

According to «The Scarcity Laws of the Young Administration» which controls this system, old generations must be destroyed in exchange for new lives. The life of a family that lives in one of the blocks is changed by a new baby they are expecting.

Festivals: Fantasporto, London Sci-Fi Film Festival (Best Film), Cinema d'IDEA Women's International Film Festival (Best Film, Best Actress).

Screening followed by a QA with director Serpil Altın and co-writer and co-producer Korhan Uğur

The project is part of the national cultural programme "Timișoara – European Capital of Culture in 2023" and is funded through the European Echoes Timișoara 2023 programme, implemented by the Center for Projects Timișoara, with funds allocated from the state budget, through the budget of the Ministry of Culture.

Organised in partnership with the Municipality of Timișoara through the Project Centre.

Part of

TAIFAS I Balkan Film and Culture Festival

TAIFAS I Balkan Film and Culture Festival