COLLECTION · Movie · 2004
Turtles Can Fly
کیسەڵەکانیش دەفڕن
Turtles Can Fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iraq border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.
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* 7.8 (242)DramaIran · France
Directors
Countries
Iran · France · Iraq
Studios
Bac Films · Mij Film Co. · Bahman Ghobadi Films
Runtime
98 min
Release
10/09/2004
Score
7.8 / 10 (242)
Awards and nominations
- Special Mention by the Youth Jury, Berlin International Film Festival , 2005
- Golden Seashell, Best Film, San Sebastián International Film Festival , 2004
- Special Jury Prize, Chicago International Film Festival , 2004
- International Jury and Audience Awards, São Paulo International Film Festival, 2004
- La Pieza Award, Best Film, Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival, 2005
- Audience Award, Rotterdam International Film Festival , 2005
- Golden Prometheus, Best Film, Tbilisi International Film Festival, 2005
- Aurora Award, Tromsø International Film Festival, 2005
- Golden Butterfly, Isfahan International Festival of Films for Children, 2004
- Gold Dolphin, Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival , 2005
- Silver Skeleton Award Harvest Moonlight Festival 2007
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griggs79
★ 9.0 / 10
_Turtles Can Fly_ is a haunting anti-war film set in a Kurdish refugee camp before the 2003 Iraq invasion. Shot with real refugee children, it captures displacement with raw authenticity. “Satellite,” a savvy teen, leads landmine-clearing kids with dry humour and grit. The performances, shaped by lived trauma, hit hard. The final moments are devastating but never exploitative. Not an easy watch—unforgettable and vital.
Keywords
suiciderapemuslimrefugeevillagelandminetankbicycleiraqdead child
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