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The Breadwinner

Support :	AFS
Director(s):	Nora Twomey
Producer(s):	MELUSINE PRODUCTIONS Cartoon Saloon (IE), Aircraft Pictures (CA)
Script:	Anita Doron, Deborah Ellis (based on the novel by Deborah Ellis)
Year:	2018
Form:	ANIMATION - Feature film
Genre:	Educational, Drama, Adventure
Original version:	English
Running time:	94'
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Synopsis

Parvana is an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom–and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she embarks on a quest to find her father and reunite her family.

Equal parts thrilling and enchanting, The Breadwinner is an inspiring and luminously animated tale about the power of stories to sustain hope and carry us through dark times.

Casting

Voices: Saara Chaudry, Soma Bhatia, Laara Sadiq, Kawa Ada, Ali Badshaw, Shaista Latif, Noorin Gulamaus

Crew

Co-Delegate Producer – Stéphan Roelants
Production Manager – Fabien Renelli
Studio Manager – David Feraille
Production Administrator – Emilie Pirotte
Layout Supervisor – Denis Lambert
Background Supervisor – Laurence Gavroy
Animation Supervisor – Nicolas Debray

Nominations & Awards

- Price for the best animation feature film in coproduction at 'Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis' 2018
- Nominated for "Best animated feature", Academy Award, Los Angeles 2018
- "Best Animation Feature of the Year", Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, 2017
- "Grand Prize" & "Audience Award", Animation is Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2017
- "Best Animated Feature", Toronto Film Critics Association, 2017
- Nominated for "Best Motion Picture - Animated", Golden Globe Awards, 2017
- Nominated for Annie Awards 2018 in the following categories : "Best Animated Feature-Independent", "Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production", "Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production", "Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production", "Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production", "Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production", "Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production", "Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production", "Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production".
- Toronto International Film Festival 2017, World Premiere "Special Presentation / TIFF Kids"
- Selected at BFI London Film Festival 2017, UK
- Selected at Ottawa International Animation Festival
- Nominated for Canadian Screen Award, 2018, in the following categories: "Best Motion Picture", "Best Original Score", "Best Original Song", "Best Adapted Screenplay", "Best Sound Editing", "Best Editing"

International sales

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