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.
On behalf of everyone who worked on The Breadwinner, I am delighted that the film will have its Irish premiere at the Audi Dublin International Film Festival. The festival has a long history of presenting exciting films from across the globe and we are all so proud to be part of it this February.
Nora Twomey, Director
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.
The Italian Straw HatIn other festival news, ADIFF, in association with the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, has announced screenings of the silent films, Behind the Door (accompanied by musical director Stephen Horne on the piano) and The Italian Straw Hat (accompanied by live quartet) as part of this year’s Silent Cinema programme.
Never intended to be watched in silence, silent films were always accompanied by carefully curated musical scores, allowing for excellent visual storytelling. ADIFF is proud to present these films to the public as a culturally valuable historical record.
Silent films are a rare art form that have influenced generations of filmmakers and continue to inspire audiences almost a century after they were made. We are thrilled to be sharing these gems from the early days of cinema with audiences for the 2018 Festival.
Grainne Humphreys, ADIFF’s Festival Director
With much of Audi Dublin International Film Festival galas and films for 2018 already nearly finalised, it’s never too early to secure your seat at all the key events of the 16th Audi Dublin International Film Festival as season tickets and gift vouchers are already on sale at http://www.diff.ie/festival