Turkish movie claims 2 awards at US film festival

By Hilal Ustuk

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish movie Ayla: The Daughter of War won two awards Tuesday at the 24th Sedona International Film Festival held in the U.S. as the website announced the 2018 festival award-winners on Tuesday.

Ayla: The Daughter of War claimed the Best Foreign Film and Best of Fest awards, accorfing to the festival's website .

The movie, which is based on a true story, tells the story of a Turkish sergeant and a five-year-old orphan girl that he found during the Korean War in 1950.

The war drama was released on Oct. 27, 2017 in Turkey.