Turtles Do Not Die of Old Age

Turtles Do Not Die of Old Age (French: Les tortues ne meurent pas de vieillesse) is a Canadian-Moroccan documentary film, directed by Sami Mermer and Hind Benchekroun and released in 2010.^[1] The film profiles three elderly men in Morocco who have effectively become keepers of their community's traditional lifestyle as they are still engaged in seemingly dying occupations such as fishing, innkeeping and performing traditional Moroccan music.^[2]

Turtles Do Not Die of Old Age
French	Les tortues ne meurent pas de vieillesse
Directed by	Sami Mermer Hind Benchekroun
Written by	Sami Mermer Hind Benchekroun
Produced by	Sami Mermer Hind Benchekroun
Cinematography	Sami Mermer
Edited by	René Roberge
Production company	Les Films de la tortue
Distributed by	Les Films du 3 Mars
Release date	November 2010 (2010-11) (RIDM)
Running time	92 minutes
Countries	Canada Morocco
Language	Arabic

The film premiered at the 2010 Montreal International Documentary Festival,^[3] before going into commercial release in 2011.^[1]

Awards

The film won the Grand prix de la Ville de Tétouan for documentary films at the 2011 Festival international de cinéma méditerranéen in Tétouan.^[4]

It was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Documentary Film at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012.^[5]