Turtles Can Fly

Turtles Can Fly
Turtles Can Fly
	US theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bahman Ghobadi
Written by	Bahman Ghobadi
Produced by	Babak Amini; Hamid Ghobadi; Hamid Ghavami; Bahman Ghobadi;
Starring	Soran Ebrahim; Avaz Latif;
Cinematography	Shahriar Assadi
Edited by	Mostafa Kherghehpoosh; Hayedeh Safiyari;
Music by	Hossein Alizadeh
Production; companies	Mij Film Co.; Bac Film;
Distributed by	IFC Films (US)
Release dates	10 September 2004 (Toronto); 18 February 2005 (United States); 23 February 2005 (France);
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Iran; France; Iraq;
Language	Kurdish
Box office	$816,975

Turtles Can Fly (Kurdish: Kûsî jî dikarin bifirin) is a 2004 Kurdish war drama film written, directed and co-produced by Bahman Ghobadi. The film stars Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Faysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman, Abdolrahman Karim, Ajil Zibari. The plot revolves around three refugee children near the Iraqi-Turkish border, waiting for the Americans to invade Iraq and overthrow Saddam Hussein.

Turtles Can Fly was the first film to be made after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. It had its premiere at 2004 Toronto International Film Festival.