Turtles Can Fly Articles

THE CHORUS, DOWNFALL, THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS: Oscar 2005 Best Foreign Language Film Entries Hungary, Kontroll, Nimród Antal, director; Iceland, Cold Light, Hilmar Oddsson, director; India, Shwaas, Sandeep Sawant, director; Iran, Turtles Can Fly, Bahman Ghobadi, director; Israel, Campfire, Joseph Cedar, director; Italy, The Keys to the House, Gianni Amelio, director; Japan, Nobody Knows, Hirokazu Kore-eda, director; Korea, Tae Guk Gi, Kang Je-gyu, director; Macedonia, The [...]

Shot a mere month after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, Bahman Ghobadi's Iraqi war drama Turtles Can Fly (photo) won the Golden Shell at the 2004 San Sebastián Film Festival. According to Reuters, Peruvian author and chairman of the jury Mario Vargas Llosa stated that although the decision was not unanimous, Turtles Can Fly had "moved us all, not only because of the terrible [...]