"The Butterfly's Dream," written by Yilmaz Erdogan, wins best film, best actor and best film music awards at the Moondance International Film Festival in Colorado.
“The Butterfly's Dream,” a Turkish film written and directed by Yilmaz Erdogan, won three awards at the Moondance International Film Festival in Colorado.
The movie won three awards in the categories it was nominated in: best film, best actor and best film music.
Starring Kivanc Tatlıtug, Mert Firat and Belcim Bilgin Erdogan, the movie -- "Kelebegin Ruyasi," in Turkish -- centers on two young poets in 1940s Turkey who vie for the affection of a girl through their poems.
Whoever’s poem the girl likes will win, and the other will step aside. In the meantime, the poets have to deal with other problems, such as disease, poverty, compulsory work in the mines and World War II.
The story is mainly set in early 1940s in Zonguldak, on Turkey's western Black Sea coast.
The Butterfly's Dream was released on CD and digitally in the United States on November 7, 2013.
Composed, arranged and produced by celebrated Turkish feature film, TV, and video game composer Rahman Altin, the film's epic soundtrack immediately topped Turkey's music charts on its release.
"The Butterfly's Dream" also won the Best Film Music award at the 15th Milan International Film Festival, in Italy, the Public Choice Award in the 13th World Soundtrack Academy, in Belgium, and the 19th "Kral Turkiye Muzik," or "King of Turkish Music," award in 2013.
The Butterfly's Dream is the most expensive film ever produced in Turkey.
Anadolu Agency