Praise for Tulpan

 ½

"An AMAZING film! You become immersed in this landscape... truly heart-stopping. Tulpan is a MESMERISING cinema experience."
MARGARET POMERANZ, AT THE MOVIES

 ½

"TRULY ENGAGING... has the epic visual sweep of films by the renowned filmmakers David Lean and John Ford. The landscapes are big, but it’s the captivating people who engage. It’s the humanity of the rich characters who bring this unique film to life, guiding us into their challenging desert world for a funny and realistic film that you’re unlikely to forget in a hurry."
DES PARTRIDGE, THE COURIER MAIL



"A BEAUTIFUL, funny, impressive, sometimes startling film".
DAVID STRATTON, AT THE MOVIES / THE AUSTRALIAN



"Absorbing, observant, utterly ENGROSSING!"
STAN JAMES, ADELAIDE ADVERTISER



"UNFORGETTABLE. Funny, tender, beautiful and quite astonishingly intimate. Very few films offer you something you’ve never seen before; this one keeps on doing it, scene after scene."
PAUL BYRNES, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD



"CHEERS, BIG EARS! Tulpan is an accomplished and BOUNDLESSLY ENJOYABLE comedy... blessed with an abundance of moments that will instantly cheer you up every time you think of them."
LEIGH PAATSCH, THE HERALD SUN



"A naturalistic WONDER! It puts special effects to shame."
ANDIEE PAVIOUR, WHO WEEKLY



"TRANSFIXING! Riveting viewing... unique, beautifully filmed and quietly moving."
PIER LEACH, THE WEST AUSTRALIAN



"Filled with WILDLY COMIC moments... destined to be much discussed."
Lynden Barber, Limelight Magazine

"A startlingly accomplished debut dramatic feature, Tulpan is about as true as it gets. Its beauty and simplicity is literally BREATHTAKING - numerous times the audience gasped. I left the movie excited by discovering a new cinematic voice. SUBLIME."
Timothy Sun, New York Film Festival

"A timeless and ENDEARING coming-of-age tale"
Boyd van Hoeij, european-films.net

"EXTRAORDINARY"
Stephen Holden, The New York Times

"SPECTACULAR"
Alissa Simon, Variety

"A vivid, INTENSELY ENJOYABLE debut feature from former documentarian Sergey Dvortsevoy"
Jonathan Romney, Screen international

"Polished, funny and UTTERLY CHARMING. Filled with delightful moments... The acting is sublime, and cinematographer Jola Dylewska captures the bleak terrain in all its unforgiving glory"
Ray Bennett, Reuters/ Hollywood Reporter

"A DELIGHTFUL, audacious comedy that deserves to be celebrated."
BFI, London

"MIRACULOUS! Provides a visceral thrill at every moment. If it doesn't flood you with joy, for cinema, for life, for everything... well, then, nothing will."
Michael Tully, Hammer To Nail

"ABSOLUTELY STUNNING (and) suffused with truth... Dvortsevoy's love for the area's physical and climactic extremes is evident in every frame."
Adam Nayman, Cinema Scope

"The film is EXTRAORDINARY... contains the most magical long take in recent film history."
Karin Badt, The Huffington Post