2004 San Sebastián Film Festival Award Winners
Shot a mere month after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, Bahman Ghobadi’s Turtles Can Fly won the Golden Shell at the 52nd edition of the 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 conditions in which it was filmed, but also because … despite the tragedy which it recounts, it is filled with humanity, poetry and even humor."
Set in Iraq’s Kurdistan right before the beginning of the U.S.-led invasion of that country, Turtles Can Fly tells the story of several Iraqi villagers who struggle to set up a [...]
by Andre Soares | September 30, 2004
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Tags: Bahman Ghobadi, Brothers, Connie Nielsen, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Letter from an Unknown Woman, Mario Vargas Llosa, San Sebastian Film Festival, Turtles Can Fly, Ulrich Thomsen
