Turtles Can Fly

This powerful and haunting film tells the story of three young refugee children living in a Kurdish camp on the Iraq-Turkey border, just before the US invasion that would overthrow Saddam Hussein's regime. Shot with real refugee children, the movie captures the displacement and trauma of war with raw authenticity, following the lives of Kak Satellite, Agrin, and Hengov as they navigate the dangers of minefields, family tragedy, and the complexities of survival. With superb acting and authentic details, this film feels like a message in a bottle, urgently conveying the human cost of war.