Bahman Ghobadi
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Bahman Ghobadi is an Iranian Kurdish film director, producer and writer. He belongs to the "new wave" of Iranian cinema.
Bahman Ghobadi at a press conference at San Sebastián Film Festival (2006)
Ghobadi at the presentation of his film Nobody Knows About Persian Cats in San Sebastián 2009
Turtles Can Fly
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Turtles Can Fly is a 2004 Iranian-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, Ab
Bahman Ghobadi
…His second feature was Marooned in Iraq (2002), which brought him the Gold Plaque from the Chicago International Film Festival. His third feature, Turtles Can Fly, followed in 2004, winning the Glass Bear and Peace Film Award at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Golden Shell at the San Sebastian…
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