Stars
Soran Ebrahim
Hiresh Feysal Rahman
Avaz Latif
Abdol Rahman Karim
Saddam Hossein Feysal
Ajil Zibari
Marmar Alhilali
Dijvar Elban
Emre Tetikel
Full Cast & Crew
[Cast Group]
Actor: Soran Ebrahim | Character: Satellite
Actor: Hiresh Feysal Rahman | Character: Hengov
Actor: Avaz Latif | Character: Agrin
Actor: Abdol Rahman Karim | Character: Riga
Actor: Saddam Hossein Feysal | Character: Pashow
Actor: Ajil Zibari | Character: Shirkooh
Actor: Marmar Alhilali | Character: Actress
Actor: Dijvar Elban | Character: Dijwar
Actor: Emre Tetikel | Character: Ali Reza
[Directors Group]
Name: Bahman Ghobadi | Role: Director
[Writers Group]
Name: Bahman Ghobadi | Role: Writer
[Producers Group]
Name: Babak Amini | Role: Producer
Name: Hamid Karim Batin Ghobadi | Role: Producer
Name: Hamid Ghavami | Role: Producer
Name: Abbas Ghazali | Role: Producer
Name: Bahman Ghobadi | Role: Producer
[Music Group]
Name: Hossein Alizadeh | Role: Composer
[Cinematography Group]
Name: Shahriar Assadi | Role: Cinematographer
[Editing Group]
Name: Mostafa Kherghehpoosh | Role: Editor
Name: Hayedeh Safiyari | Role: Editor
[Production Design Group]
Name: Bahman Ghobadi | Role: Production Designer
[Production Management]
Name: Sheyk Mohammad | Role: Production Manager
Name: Sadegh Sourchi | Role: Production Manager
[Assistant Directors]
Name: Shahram Shah Hosseini | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Jalal Saedpanah | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
[Art Department]
Name: Sergio González Kuhn | Role: Art Department
[Sound Department]
Name: Bahman Ardalan | Role: Sound Department
[Visual Effects]
Name: AmirReza Motamedi | Role: Visual Effects
[Additional Crew]
Name: Shahram Shah Hosseini | Role: Additional Crew
[Thanks]
Name: Amin Mahdavi | Role: Thanks
Trailers
IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424227/videogallery/
Release Schedule
Canada: September 10, 2004 (Toronto International Film Festival)
South Korea: October 13, 2004 (Pusan International Film Festival)
United States: October 19, 2004 (Chicago International Film Festival)
Greece: November 22, 2004 (Thessaloniki International Film Festival)
United Kingdom: January 7, 2005 (limited)
Norway: January 18, 2005 (Tromsø International Film Festival)
Sweden: January 29, 2005 (Göteborg Film Festival)
Netherlands: February 17, 2005
United States: February 18, 2005 (limited)
France: February 23, 2005
Argentina: March 10, 2005 (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
Belgium: March 16, 2005
Spain: March 18, 2005
Hong Kong: March 27, 2005 (Hong Kong International Film Festival)
Mexico: April 16, 2005 (Muestra Internacional de Cine)
South Korea: April 22, 2005
Germany: May 5, 2005
Turkey: May 6, 2005
Greece: May 27, 2005
Mexico: June 3, 2005 (limited)
Finland: June 16, 2005 (Midnight Sun Film Festival)
Taiwan: July 1, 2005 (Taipei Film Festival)
Switzerland: July 13, 2005 (German speaking region)
Israel: July 21, 2005
Brazil: July 22, 2005 (São Paulo)
Poland: July 23, 2005 (ERA New Horizons Film Festival)
Brazil: July 29, 2005 (Rio de Janeiro)
Australia: August 18, 2005
Taiwan: August 19, 2005
Denmark: September 14, 2005 (Buster Children's Film Festival)
Japan: September 17, 2005 (Tokyo)
Iceland: October 2, 2005 (Reykjavik International Film Festival)
Argentina: June 1, 2006
Colombia: October 13, 2006
Brazil: November 18, 2006
Portugal: December 28, 2006
Czech Republic: January 10, 2008
Greece: November 5, 2012 (Thessaloniki International Film Festival)
Singapore: October 2015 (Perspectives Film Festival)
Germany: June 25, 2016 (Munich International Film Festival)
Awards
Nominee | 2007 | Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards | Silver Condor | Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera) | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly | Iran/France/Iraq.
Winner | 2005 | Berlin International Film Festival | Crystal Bear - Special Mention | 14plus: Best Feature Film | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2005 | Berlin International Film Festival | Peace Film Award | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2004 | San Sebastián International Film Festival | Golden Seashell | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2004 | San Sebastián International Film Festival | CEC Award for Best Film | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2005 | Tbilisi International Film Festival | Golden Prometheus | Best Film | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2004 | Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival | President Award | Humanitarian Award | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Nominee | 2004 | São Paulo International Film Festival | International Jury Award | Best Feature Film | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2005 | NatFilm Festival | Audience Award | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2005 | Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival | Festival Award | Best Film | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2005 | Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival | Audience Award | Best Narrative Feature | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2005 | Tromsø International Film Festival | Aurora Award | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Nominee | 2005 | Satellite Awards | Satellite Award | Outstanding Motion Picture, Foreign Film | Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2005 | International Film Festival Rotterdam | Audience Award | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2005 | Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival | Golden Dolphin | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2004 | São Paulo International Film Festival | International Jury Award - Honorable Mention | Feature Film | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2004 | São Paulo International Film Festival | Audience Award | Best Foreign Feature Film | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Nominee | 2004 | Camerimage | Golden Frog | Shahriar Assadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2004 | Isfahan International Festival of Films for Children & Young Adults | Golden Butterfly | Best Film | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Nominee | 2006 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina | Award of the Argentinean Academy | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly | Iran.
Winner | 2004 | Chicago International Film Festival | Silver Hugo | Jury Special Prize | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2005 | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | Just Film Award - Special Mention | Youth Jury | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2005 | Fribourg International Film Festival | Audience Award | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2005 | Fribourg International Film Festival | E-Changer Award | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Nominee | 2005 | Fribourg International Film Festival | Grand Prix | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2005 | San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival | Audience Award | Best Narrative | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2004 | Tokyo FILMeX | Special Jury Prize | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly | A powerful and urgent vision of war and its effects on the people caught in its midst, especially its most helpless victims: children.
Winner | 2004 | Tokyo FILMeX | Audience Award | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Nominee | 2004 | Tokyo FILMeX | Grand Prize | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2005 | Anonimul International Independent Film Festival | Anonimul Trophy | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Nominee | 2005 | Hafez Ceremony | Hafez Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture | Avaz Latif, Turtles Can Fly
Winner | 2005 | Melbourne International Film Festival | Audience Award | Best Film | Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Box Office
Argentina: USD 10944
Australia: USD 148808
Chile: USD 100155
Spain: USD 70285
Norway: USD 49075
New Zealand: USD 7020
Taiwan: USD 4554
Domestic: USD 258578
Period: Jun 24 – 26, 2005 | Rank: 93 | Weeks in release: 19 | Theaters: 6 | Gross to date: USD 256822 | Interval gross: USD 2229 | Per theater average: USD 371
Period: Jun 17 – 19, 2005 | Rank: 88 | Weeks in release: 18 | Theaters: 9 | Gross to date: USD 250032 | Interval gross: USD 3206 | Per theater average: USD 356
Period: Jun 10 – 12, 2005 | Rank: 83 | Weeks in release: 17 | Theaters: 11 | Gross to date: USD 239673 | Interval gross: USD 4924 | Per theater average: USD 447
Period: Jun 3 – 5, 2005 | Rank: 63 | Weeks in release: 16 | Theaters: 13 | Gross to date: USD 228152 | Interval gross: USD 8971 | Per theater average: USD 690
Period: May 27 – 29, 2005 | Rank: 56 | Weeks in release: 15 | Theaters: 16 | Gross to date: USD 209140 | Interval gross: USD 14800 | Per theater average: USD 925
Period: May 27 – 30, 2005 | Rank: 56 | Theaters: 16 | Gross to date: USD 213047 | Interval gross: USD 18707 | Per theater average: USD 1169
Period: May 20 – 22, 2005 | Rank: 64 | Weeks in release: 14 | Theaters: 12 | Gross to date: USD 188617 | Interval gross: USD 14273 | Per theater average: USD 1189
Period: May 13 – 15, 2005 | Rank: 71 | Weeks in release: 13 | Theaters: 13 | Gross to date: USD 170612 | Interval gross: USD 10449 | Per theater average: USD 803
Period: May 6 – 8, 2005 | Rank: 71 | Weeks in release: 12 | Theaters: 9 | Gross to date: USD 160158 | Interval gross: USD 8450 | Per theater average: USD 938
Period: Apr 29 – May 1, 2005 | Rank: 72 | Weeks in release: 11 | Theaters: 10 | Gross to date: USD 146172 | Interval gross: USD 15294 | Per theater average: USD 1529
Period: Apr 22 – 24, 2005 | Rank: 57 | Weeks in release: 10 | Theaters: 14 | Gross to date: USD 125068 | Interval gross: USD 27848 | Per theater average: USD 1989
Period: Apr 15 – 17, 2005 | Rank: 86 | Weeks in release: 9 | Theaters: 6 | Gross to date: USD 92420 | Interval gross: USD 10699 | Per theater average: USD 1783
Period: Apr 1 – 3, 2005 | Rank: 101 | Weeks in release: 7 | Theaters: 4 | Gross to date: USD 79942 | Interval gross: USD 2829 | Per theater average: USD 707
Period: Mar 25 – 27, 2005 | Rank: 130 | Weeks in release: 6 | Theaters: 1 | Gross to date: USD 76885 | Interval gross: USD 372 | Per theater average: USD 372
Period: Mar 18 – 20, 2005 | Rank: 110 | Weeks in release: 5 | Theaters: 5 | Gross to date: USD 73427 | Interval gross: USD 1386 | Per theater average: USD 277
Period: Mar 11 – 13, 2005 | Rank: 102 | Weeks in release: 4 | Theaters: 2 | Gross to date: USD 70614 | Interval gross: USD 3137 | Per theater average: USD 1568
Period: Mar 4 – 6, 2005 | Rank: 84 | Weeks in release: 3 | Theaters: 6 | Gross to date: USD 64681 | Interval gross: USD 6785 | Per theater average: USD 1130
Period: Feb 25 – 27, 2005 | Rank: 69 | Weeks in release: 2 | Theaters: 4 | Gross to date: USD 50923 | Interval gross: USD 14961 | Per theater average: USD 3740
Period: Feb 18 – 20, 2005 | Rank: 65 | Weeks in release: 1 | Theaters: 4 | Gross to date: USD 23326 | Interval gross: USD 23326 | Per theater average: USD 5831
Period: Feb 18 – 21, 2005 | Rank: 66 | Weeks in release: 1 | Theaters: 4 | Gross to date: USD 29107 | Interval gross: USD 29107 | Per theater average: USD 7276