Don't Shoot the Kite
Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite

Director: Tunç Başaran
Producer: Tunç Başaran
Screenplay: Feride Çiçekoğlu (adapted from F. Çiçekoğlu's novel of the same name)
Year: 1989
Director of photography: Erdal Kahraman
Music: Özkan Turgay
Cast: Nur Sürer, Ozan Bilen, Füsun Demirel, Hale Akınlı, Güzin Özyağcılar, Rozet
Hubeş, Meral Çetinkaya, Yasemin Alkaya, Ayten Erman, Özlem Savaş
Production Company: Magnum Film
Color: Colorful
Country: Türkiye
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Subject: It tells about the women's prison through the eyes of a child who has to stay in prison with her mother.

Notes about the movie:
It tells about the criminal women in prison and the solidarity between them.

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Awards:
8th Istanbul International Film Festival (1989) Eczacıbaşı Vakti Best Turkish Film of the Year
26th Antalya Film Festival (1989) “Best Film”, “Best Actress” (Nur Sürer) “Best Screenplay” (Feride Çiçekoğlu) “Best Cinematography” (Erdal Kahraman) “Special Jury Award” (Ozan Knowing)
Valencia 10th Mediterranean Film Festival (1989) “2nd Best Film Award” Silver Palm and “Don Quixote Award”.
Switzerland Ragazzi Bellinzona Film Festival (1990) “Best Film”
Iran Golden Butterfly Grand Prize
4th Ankara Film Festival "Top 10 Turkish Movies of All Time" top 10 movies.
9th Lyon Children's Film Festival (1991 France) “Grand Prize”

Source:
Evren, M. Burçak. (2014). 100 Years of Turkish Cinema. T.R. Culture and Tourism Ministry.
Özgüç, Agâh. (2012). Encyclopedic Dictionary of Turkish Movies. Istanbul: Horizon International.
Özgüç, Agâh. (2014). Dictionary of Turkish Films 1914-2014. Istanbul: Republic of Turkey Culture and Tourism Ministry.