Project Detail

The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be

Seye Isikalu

Synopsis

By the year 2080, climate change has forced human beings from the Earth, those who remain forced to live isolated nomadic existence. In the desolate landscape, Dez forages for survival until they unearth a morsel of the past, which leads them on an unexpected mission.

Details

Year: 2021
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 22 min
Director: Adeyemi Michael
Producer: Fiona Lamptey
Co-Producer: Samira Musa
Executive Producer: David Kimbangi
Editor: Nse Asuquo
Screenwriter: Courttia Newland
Director of Photography: Luciana Riso
Production Designer: Chris Melgram
Sound: Aiken Hansen
Composer: Gaika
Principal cast: Anna-Maria Nabirye, Donna Banya, Anton Cross

Genre

Experimental Horror Black Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Fruit Tree Media production

Adeyemi Michael

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