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COPENHAGEN, April 11 (AFP) - 18h21 - The film
"Turtles can fly" about children at a refugee camp
in Iraq ahead of the 2003 US invasion and directed
by Bahman Ghobadis, who is of Kurdish origin, won
the audience prize on the closing day of the Natfilm
festival here on Monday.
The film also won top prize at the San Sebastian
film festival in 2004 and is Ghobadis' third feature
after "A time for drunken horses" and "Marooned in
Iraq," both set in Saddam's Iraq.
Ghobadis, 36, from the town of Bane in Iranian
Kurdistan, centres the action for "Turtles can fly"
on a group of children living in a Kurdish refugee
camp who trade landmines they have found for a
satellite dish so as to keep track of the US
invasion on television.
The American movie "The Devil and Daniel Johnston"
about the life and times of an artist and musician
and directed by Jeff Feuerzeig, won the TV5 prize.
Special mention was given to Lebanese film "The
Battlefields" from Danielle Arbid which shows civil
war Beirut in 1983 through the eyes of a 12-year-old
girl.
Natfilm 2005 began April 10 and 150 films from 46
countries were entered. Screening eneded in
Copenhagen but will continue until April 17 in the
regional towns of Aarhus, Aalborg and Odense.
AFP
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