Private Project

Space Age

Space Age follows two immigrant teenagers Ibo, from Syria, and Ali, from Pakistan who find themselves in a neglected internet café on the edges of Istanbul. Ali longs to video chat with his ill mother back home. Ibo, impulsive and restless, discovers a webcam chat left open on a nearby computer. As Ali waits for a connection to his past, Ibo dives headfirst into the digital illusion of intimacy with a stranger on screen. The film unfolds over a single, charged moment where silence, spectacle, and the yearning for contact collide.

  • Kadir - İlter
    Director
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  • Kadir - İlter
    Writer
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  • Kadir - ilter
    Producer
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  • Serdal - Doğan
    Producer
    Gitmek, Anlatsam Film Olur.
  • İbrahim - Sevinç
    Key Cast
    "İbrahim"
  • Ali Kasım Muğdadi
    Key Cast
    "Ali"
  • Esat Bağış
    Key Cast
    "Nejdet"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Uzay Çağı
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, fiction
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 1, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    7,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Turkey
  • Country of Filming:
    Turkey
  • Language:
    Turkish, Urdu
  • Shooting Format:
    dijital,red comodo
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Kadir - İlter

A. Kadir İlter is a Turkish screenwriter, director, and former actor born in Hakkari in 1989. He has written over 200 episodes of TV dramas aired nationwide and is known for his deep-rooted, human-focused storytelling. Space Age is his directorial debut, reflecting both his personal past and a universal longing for connection.

EDUCATION

2009 – 2011
Sadri Alışık Cultural Center –
Theatre Education

2012 – 2013
Plato Vocational School –
Photography and Camerawork

THEATRE EXPERIENCE

2005 – 2006
“A Few Questions, A Few…”
Writer & Director: Kadir İlter
Haküday Theatre Group – Stage Play

2006 – 2007
“You’re Not Dead, Canan”
Writer & Director: Kadir İlter
Haküday Theatre Group – Stage Play

2006 – 2007
“My Idiot Son”
Writer: Müjdat Gezen
Adaptation & Director: Kadir İlter
Hakkari Youth Art Theatre – Stage Play

2008 – 2009
“The Funny Ones”
Writer: Kadir İlter
Director: Nihat Pektaş
Stage Play

FILM & TELEVISION EXPERIENCE

2012 – Come to My Voice (Feature Film)
Screenplay Assistant
Assistant Director

2015 – Straw (Short Film)
Screenwriter&Assistant Director

2016 – Traces on the Road (TRT Documentary Program)
Screenwriter

2016 – TİKA Promotional Films
Screenwriter

2016 – Three Pennies (TRT TV Movie)
Co-Screenwriter&Assistant Director

2016 – Penguin (Short Film)
Screenwriter&Assistant Director

2018 – If I Told You, It Could Be a Film (Documentary)
Screenwriter&Assistant Director

2018 – 3G Show (TV Sketch Comedy Program)
Screenwriter

2018 – Mehmetçik Kutlu Zafer (TV Series)
Screenwriting Team

2019 – 2024 – Kuruluş Osman (TV Series)
Screenwriter

2025 – Space Age (First Short Film)
Screenwriter&Drirector

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Director Statement

I was born in Hakkari, a remote city in the southeast of Turkey, in 1989. The first time I ever touched a computer was in a crowded internet café.

For me, technology doesn’t create a universal experience it amplifies the differences. The so-called Space Age might sound like a global era, but depending on where you’re born, the way you enter it, or whether you’re allowed in at all, varies drastically.

In my first film, I wanted to recreate that strange, tense atmosphere: the mix of wonder, isolation, and constraint that comes with living on the margins of both society and progress. The immigrant boys in the film represent the emotional and physical claustrophobia I often felt growing up in peripheral places. The café owner, by contrast, symbolizes power, gatekeeping, and control.

Space Age is small in scale, but its themes are vast: belonging, visibility, and the silent systems that decide who gets to connect and who doesn't.