Young Masters

ONCE UPON A TIME IN INDIAN COUNTRY
ES WAR EINMAL INDIANERLAND

• Director: İlker Çatak
• GERMANY / 2017 / DCP / Colour / 97´ / German; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Nils Mohl
• Original Work: Nils Mohl
• Director of Photography: Florian Mag
• Editing: Jan Ruschke
• Music: Martin Gretschmann
• Cast: Leonard Scheicher, Emilia Schüle, Johanna Polley, Clemens Schick, Joel Basman
• Producer: Michael Eckelt
• Production Co.: Riva Filmproduktion GmbH

Berlin-born, Istanbul-based German director İlker Çatak’s feature debut is a wild and wonderful genre mixture of boxing film, urban western, road movie, and music video. Based on the eponymous award-winning novel by Nils Mohl, this lively film chronicles the music, love, intoxication, and violence filled hot summer days of 17-year-old Mauser whose life turns upside down when his father kills his step-mother. Premiered at the 68th Berlinale in February, Once Upon a Time in Indian Country portrays the adventurous mood of youth without compromising its lyrical tone.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.