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Turtles Can Fly wins Two Awards in Bahrain KurdishCinema.com - 6 May 2008 Bahman Ghobadi's film "Turltes Can Fly' won two awards at the Bahrain Human Rights International Film Festival. The film was screened on May 2, and has now won 42 awards to date. The Bahrain festival's opening day was 4 days ago, and last night was the closing event where the awards were announced. This festival was the first human rights film festival in an Arab country. More than 2,000 people attended, with films being screened from America, England, Italy, Japan, as well as other countries. Some of the other films shown in the festival were "Paradise Now"," Iraq in Fragments "and" It's a Free World." Turtles Can Fly won the Best Director award and the Audience Appreciation award. The organizers were very appreciative that Bahman Ghobadi was able to attend the festival. For more information please visit: http://bhriff.com Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi |
