Gelecek (aka. Future) takes its viewer through two days in the life of Deniz, an unemployed young man living with his grandfather Orhan in the metropolis of Istanbul. In their daily struggles, both challenge each other's views on existence, being, and the future. The film deals with themes of inertia and loneliness.

Jale, a free-spirited street vendor in her late thirties, roams around the forsaken shores of the Bosphorus. She crosses paths with heartbroken teenagers, an obnoxious admirer, exorcists, exhibitionists, fellow street sellers, fisherwomen and treasure-hunters. Like frogs gathered around a pond, they only have each other––and the timeworn, yet still glittering, Diamond Sea.