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Schildkröten Panzer
Turtle Shells

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2017 runtime 30'00 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby SR original-language Arabic subtitles English, German

European animal protection laws, armed forces foreign operations and a seized turtle, whose shell was painted with a flag of Syrian rebels. All converge at a reptile rescue centre in Munich. A film about animals, mankind and war.

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director Tuna Kaptan Editing Sophie Oldenbourg DOP Rebecca Meining Production Tuna Kaptan Script Tuna Kaptan Sound Design Annika Sehn, Jonas Heldt, Viktor Schimpf
Festivals
2017 DOK Leipzig - Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany (Healthy Workplaces Film Award)
2018 Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany
2018 KFFK/Kurzfilmfestival Köln, Germany (WDR Preis)
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Tuna Kaptan

Tuna Kaptan was born in Munich in 1985. He studied Romance languages, theater, and media studies, and later studied documentary film directing in Buenos Aires and at the HFF Munich. His films have been screened at IDFA and DOK Leipzig. He works as a director, screenwriter, and producer.

Filmography
2011 Bordo Mavi
2012 Mr. Siebzehnrübl
2013 Nacht Grenze Morgen
2014 Armada Bizerta
2016 Subsuelo
2017 Schildkröten Panzer
2019 Hörst du, Mutter?
2023 Rohbau
2025 Echt Friends
2025 Ishaq

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