Hi friends in this article let us discuss about the cast and crew of the film "Turtles can Fly".

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Behind the screen

i)This film was written and directed by the famous Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi.Before this film Bahman Ghobadi  has directed lots of short film and also two movies that includes A Time for Drunken Horses and Marooned in Iraq and after Turtles fly he has directed Half Moon and No One Knows About Persian Cats.Even though the director has explained the concept of Peace in a complex manner,it could be understood.The message of this particular film is very simple "No war ... Only Peace" as only innocent people are affected due to this war.

ii)This film was produced by 4 producers that includes Babak Amini, Hamid Ghobadi, Hamid Ghavami and the director himself.

iii)This film was distributed by IFC Films

iv)Hossein Alizadeh is the music director for this film

v)Officially this film was released on September 10, 2004.

vi)Another important thing about this film is that this was the first film to be made and released in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein.

vii)This is a not a very lengthy movie as it was around 1 and half hour, to be precise it is 95 minutes.

viii)This film was released o Kurdish language and you must use subtitle to see the move, unless you know the language.

Artists and casts

These includes mostly child artists.

i)Soran Ebrahim as Satellite.His original name is Soran.He is one of the important character in this film and the reason why he is called as Satellite is that he use to install satellite dish in the nearby villages along the border.He also helps all the refugee children.He is like a boss to all the children but he also has a kind heart.He was very much attracted by an Halabcheh girl Agrin and he often helps her before she asks him.He also exchanges mines for the weapons as the Americans were ready for the war.In the climax he also tries to save the small boy and even before that he injures himself in a mine as he was trying to save the small boy.

ii)Hiresh Feysal Rahman as Hengov and he is the refugee from Halabcheh and he is the brother of Agrin.He is a very special character in this film as he had the power of clairvoyance, i.e, predicting the future.He also saves a number of children when he predicted that one of the shell may explode.He even sees his sister's and the small boy's death.In the climax he also predicts that after 275 days a problem will come to that village again.

iii)Avaz Latif as Agrin and she always looks sad.She is the sister of Hengov and she always hates the small kid.But in the flash back scene it was shown that Agrin was raped several years ago and that small kid is the child of Agrin.She also commits suicide in the climax.In fact the opening scene itself was shown as if she was trying to attempt suicide and the entire story is just like a flashback.

iV)Saddam Hossein Feysal as Pashow and he is one of the assistant and friend of Satellite.He lost his right leg and he is also very kind to all.He does any work assigned by Satellite.He usually helps all children who are present in rfugee along with Satellite.

v)Ajil Zibari as Shirkooh and he is also another friend and very loyal assistant of Satellite.He is the youngest of all and he likes Satellite ver much and he also cares for him.He even went to the extent of crying when Satellite was trying to rescues the small kid.At the climax he also presents Satellite the Sadam's statue's arm which he took from the city and also a red fish to Satellite.He is a very sensitive character who often cries and also very faithful to Satellite.

Apart from these characters other character includes the village elder and that too the character called Esmaeel and he also has good sense of humor as silently requested Satellite not to show prohibited channels when they bought a dish tv, for knowing the war news.

Awards won by this film

i)"Golden Seashell", Best Film award at San Sebastian International Film Festival in 2004.

ii)The film also won a Special Jury Award at Chicago International Film Festival in 2004.

iii)At the Sao Paulo International Film Festival in 2004, this film has won "International Jury and Audience Awards"

iv)This film also won "Golden Butterfly" award at Isfahan International Festival of Films for Children in 2004.

v)Gold Dolphin, Festria - Troia International Film Festival, 2005

vi)At the 2005 Rotterdam International Film Festival this film has won the "Audience Award".

vii)"Golden Prometheus", Best Film, Tbilisi International Film Festival in 2005.

viii)This film won "Aurora Award" at Tromso International Film Festival in 2005.

ix)La Pieza Award, Best Film, Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival in 2005.

x)This film won "Glass Bear Award" along with  "Best Feature Film and Peace Film Award" at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2005.