Future Lasts Forever is a 2011 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Özcan Alper, starring Gaye Gürsel as an Istanbul music student who travels to south-east Turkey to record traditional music and confront her own past. The film, which will go on nationwide general release across Turkey on November 11, 2011 , was awarded 5 prizes at the 18th International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival and premiered in competition at the 36th Toronto International Film Festival.