Les hirondelles de Kaboul

The Swallows of Kabul

France / Luxembourg / Switzerland / Monaco, May 2019
FILM, Fiction, Animation, 80 min.

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directed by: Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec
Written by: Sébastien Tavel, Patricia Mortagne, Zabou Breitman
Status: In distribution

Summer 1998 – Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an irrevocable turn.

credits

World Premiere: May 2019
Original Version: French (english subtitles), colour, DCP, 80 min.
ISAN: 0000-0002-BD0A-0000-E-0000-0000-W
Production: Les Armateurs, Mélusine Productions, Close Up Films, ARTE France - Unité Cinéma, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, KNM
Producer: Reginald de Guillebon, Stephan Roelants, Michel Merkt, Joëlle Bertossa
directed by: Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec
Written by: Sébastien Tavel, Patricia Mortagne, Zabou Breitman
Editing: Françoise Bernard
Music: Alexis Rault
Animation: Nils Robin, Nicolas Debray

Cast

Zita Hanrot as voice of Zunaira
Simon Abkarian as voice of Atiq
Hiam Abbass as voice of Mussarat
Swann Arlaud as voice of Mohsen

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales: Celluloid Dreams

Worldwide Distribution

France: Memento Films International Distribution
Release date: 04.09.2019
Switzerland: Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution
Release date: 18.09.2019

Awards

(a selection)

Tokyo, Tokyo Anime Award Festival (TAAF), Award of Excellence (Feature Animation Competition) 2020 (Winner)
Utrecht / Amsterdam, Holland Animation Film Festival, Audience Award for Best Feature 2019 (Winner)
Angoulême, Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême, Valois de diamant 2019 (Winner)
Angoulême, Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême, Valois de la musique de film à Alexis Rault 2019 (Winner)
Thessaloniki, International Thessaloniki Film Festival, Fischer Audience Award (Open Horizons section) 2019 (Winner)
Paris, César, César du Meilleur Film d'Animation (long métrage) 2020 (Nomination)
Paris, L'Académie des Lumières, Meilleur Film d'Animation 2020 (Nomination)
Berlin, European Film Academy e.V., European Animated Feature Film Award 2019 (Nomination)