--- title: 'Don''t Let Them Shoot the Kite (1989)' type: 'film' director: 'Tunç Başaran' released: '1989-01-01' runtime_minutes: 100 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Turkey' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dont-let-them-shoot-the-kite-1989' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098573/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite (1989) 1989 · 100 min · Drama · Turkey Original title: Uçurtmayı Vurmasınlar ## Synopsis Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite is a 1989 Turkish drama film, co-written, co-produced and directed by Tunç Başaran based on a 1986 novella by Feride Çiçekoğlu, featuring Nur Sürer as a female political prisoner who befriends the child of a fellow inmate. The film was screened in competition at the 26th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, where it won Golden Oranges for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography, the 10th Mediterranean International Film Festival, where it won 2nd Best Film, and the 8th Istanbul International Film Festival, where it won Best Turkish Film. The film was selected as the Turkish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. ## Credits - **Director:** [Tunç Başaran](https://cinepixo.com/people/tunc-basaran) - **Producer:** [Tunç Başaran](https://cinepixo.com/people/tunc-basaran) - **Screenplay:** [Feride Çiçekoğlu](https://cinepixo.com/people/feride-cicekoglu) - **Original Music Composer:** [Özkan Turgay](https://cinepixo.com/people/ozkan-turgay) - **Director of Photography:** [Erdal Kahraman](https://cinepixo.com/people/erdal-kahraman) ## Cast - [Meral Çetinkaya](https://cinepixo.com/people/meral-cetinkaya) - [Füsun Demirel](https://cinepixo.com/people/fusun-demirel) - [Nur Sürer](https://cinepixo.com/people/nur-surer) - [Güzin Özipek](https://cinepixo.com/people/guzin-ozipek) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/dont-let-them-shoot-the-kite-1989 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2505085); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.