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- Turkey selected Tunç Davut’s “Like a Limbless Tree” as its Best International Feature entry.
- The Tekhne Film production starring Ali Ipin, Fayyaz Duman and Selen Kurtaran follows retired engineer Refik caring for his Syrian caregiver’s two children after she flees Europe.
- Turkey hopes the film, which won a Bosphorus Festival award and was selected for Turkish festivals, will secure its first Oscar nomination and win in 2026; the deadline is Sept. 30.
