CinÉireann / December 2017 9
The Audi Dublin International Film Festival has announced the Irish premiere of Nora Twomey’s animated feature film, The Breadwinner and the launch of the Silent Cinema programme for the 2018 festival, which runs February 21st to March 4th.
The Breadwinner, directed by Nora Twomey and executive-produced by Angelina Jolie, will make its Irish premiere at ADIFF 2018. Co-produced by the award-winning Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon (The Secret of Kells,The Song Of The Sea) and based on Deborah Ellis’ acclaimed novel, The Breadwinner tells the extraordinary story of an 11-year-old Afghan girl Parvana, born into an ever-changing world of conflict and Taliban oppression, who must disguise herself as a boy to become her family’s sole breadwinner.
With a team of over 200 animators, artists and actors from around the world, Twomey has created an innovative mix of 2-D animation with acrylic and digitally painted environments, as well as digital paper cut–out segments, all blended into a captivating story about family, friendship, and imagination. The film is a co-production with Aircraft Pictures Canada, Melusine Productions Luxembourg and Irish animation studio, Cartoon Saloon.
The Irish premiere of The Breadwinner will take place on February 22nd, 2018 ,at Cineworld Dublin, on Parnell Street. The film is on general release in Ireland and the UK via Element Pictures and StudioCanal on May 25th, 2018.
In addition the full Fantastic Flix programme has been announced and is on sale at www.diff.ie. ADIFF wants to make some exciting new memories for your family with the exciting Fantastic Flix programme running from 1st – 4th March 2018, including children’s films from around the world, workshops, short film selections, and special events.
Highlights of this year’s Fantastic Flix programme include and the Fantastic Flix shorts programme; Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (8+), a tender animation about a Fox that thinks it’s a chicken, a Rabbit that acts like a stork, and a Duck who wants to replace Father Christmas; and the heart-warming Cloudboy (10+) where cityboy Niilas, who is sent to his mother in Lapland, takes a jaunt into the nearby magical woods and embarks on a wild adventure.
There will also be special in-person appearances at the 2018 festival by Cloudboy director Meikeminne Clinckspoor and Nora Twomey, director of the Irish animated feature film, The Breadwinner.
Big Bad Fox and Other Tales
Cloudboy
Room 213
The Breadwinner