Turtles Can Fly

Czech title

Želvy mohou létat

English title

Turtles Can Fly

Original title

لاک‌پشت‌ها هم پرواز می‌کنند

Bahman Ghobadi wrote and directed this Kurdish war drama. Set in a refugee camp on the Iraqi–Turkish border shortly before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, it follows children who survive by collecting and clearing mines. Its principal child roles were played by actual child refugees.