The Swallows of Kabul

a ZABOU BREITMAN & ELÉA GOBBÉ-MÉVELLEC picture

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Title

The Swallows of Kabul

Director

Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-Mevellec

Producer

Réginald de Guillebon

Nationality

France, Luxembourg, Switzerland

Year

2019

Duration

82'

Language

French

Format

5.1

Ratio

1.85:1 (CINE)

Original Title

Les Hirondelles de Kaboul

Synopsis

Synopsis

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.

Stills

Press

ABOUT THE BOOK

"Intense, elegant, despairing"

THE GUARDIAN

"If animation can, through the lightness of the drawing line and touches of color, evoke the intimate and the universal while revealing the forbidden, then we want to reward THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL for the strength of its subject and its artistic impetus"

DOMINIQUE HOFF, GENERAL DELEGATE OF THE GAN FOUNDATION

ABOUT THE FILM

"Graphically rich...dramatically and poetically right"

VARIETY

"Artistry on display"

SCREEN INTERNATIONAL

"This film threads an UNDYING HOPE for the future
through every shade of its tragedy and sacrifice"

ROGER EBERT.COM

"Completely gorgeous"

L.A TIMES

"An animated JEWEL"

RTVE

"Visually arresting and emotionally engaging"

Eye for Film

"Engaging and captivating"

CINEFILOS

"Not to be missed"

TAXIDRIVERS

"A visual cinematic poem"

EFE Agency

Festivals
& Awards

Un Certain Regard Cannes Film Festival 2019

Annecy Film Festival 2019 Competition

Yokohama Film Festival 2019

Gan Foundation Award for Distribution

Valletta Film Festival 2019 - Winner of the Public's Choice Award

Transatlantyk Festival 2019

Melbourne Film Festival 2019

International Adana Film Festival 2019

Beirut International Film Festival 2019

Los Angeles Animation Festival 2019

INDIEBO - Bogota Independent Film Festival 2019

Jerusalem Film Festival 2019

Festival du film francophone d'Angoulême 2019 : winner of Best Film & Best Music

Freistadt Film Festival 2019 - Winner of Best Film

Animest - Bucharest International Animation Film Festival 2019

Bologne Future Film Festival

BUCHEON Animation Festival - Jury Prize & Cocomics Music Prize

São Paulo International Film Festival 2019

Cairo International Film Festival

Hofer Filmtage

French Film Festival Of Helvetia

Helsinki Film Festival

Ottawa Animation Film Festival

Bologna Future Film Festival

Sitges Film Festival

Mill Valley Film Festival

Brisbane Film Festival

Chicago International Film Festival

Sofia CineLibri

Taichung International Animation Festival

SCAD Savannah Film Festival 2019

ANIMAGE - International Animation Festival of Pernambuco

Belfast Film Festival

Moscow Big Cartoon Film Festival

Spark Animation Vancouver

International Animation Films and Comics Art Festival of Yerevan

Thessaloniki International Film Festival - Audience Award

Minsk International Film Festival "Listapad"

Festival Cinemania Montreal

Films from the South Festival Oslo

Cineurope

Manchester Animation Festival 2019

MEMORY! International Film Festival Yangon

French Film Festival London

French Film Festival Glasgow

Krakow Etiuda&Anima Film Festival

Hong Kong French Film Festival 2019

Anilogue International Animation Festival

Göteborg Film Festival

Montreal Animation Film Festival Animaze

Animateka International Animated Film Festival 2019

Cast & Crew

Zita Hanrot Zunaira
Swann Arlaud Mohsen
Simon Abkarian Atiq
Hiam Abbass Mussarat
Jean-Claude Deret Nazish
Sébastien Pouderoux de la Comédie-Française Qassim
Serge Bagdassarian de la Comédie-Française Mollah
Michel Jonasz Professeur Arash Bayazid
Pascal Elbé Mirza
Directors Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-Mevellec
Producers Les Armateurs / Réginald de Guillebon
Coproducers Mélusine Productions / Stéphane Roelants, Close Up Films / Joëlle Bertossa,
KNM / Michel Merkt,
Arte France Cinema / Olivier Père, RTS Radio Television Suisse
Scénario - Adaptation - Dialogues Sébastien Tavel et Patricia Mortagne
Zabou Breitman
Création Graphique Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec
D’après le roman de Yasmina Khadra publié aux Editions Julliard
Musique Alexis Rault
Directrice de production Eléonore Arnal
Premier assistant réalisateur Marco Nguyen
2nd assistants réalisateurs Lesceline Haase
Barbara Vignes
Design personnages et décors Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec
Storyboard Nicolas Pawlowski, Maïlys Vallade, Marietta Ren, Jérémie Balais, Stéphane Nedez
Chef décors Pascal Gérard
Chef layout et décors couleur Pasquale Carlotti
Chefs animateur Nils Robin
Nicolas Debray
Cheffe colorisation Lesceline Haase
Chef compositing Marc Konings
Montage Françoise Bernard
Son Eric Devulder, Pascal Villard, Bertrand Boudaud, Eric Tisserand
Production exécutive musique 22nd Music – Emmanuel Delétang et Guillaume Le Hénaff
Studios d’enregistrement Hiventy
Auditorium de la Coupole
Flam
Polyson
Studio mixage Creative Sound
Avec la participation de CANAL+
ARTE France
En association avec Memento Films Distribution
Avec le soutien de Eurimages Fonds du Conseil de l’Europe
Programme MEDIA de l’Union Européenne
Avec la participation du Film Fund Luxembourg
Avec la participation du Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Avec le soutien de la Région Ile-de-France en partenariat avec le CNC
Avec la participation de Cinéforom et le soutien de la Loterie Romande
Avec le soutien de la PROCIREP-Société des Producteurs et de l’ANGOA
Distribution France Memento Films Distribution
Vidéo & VOD France France Television Distribution
Ventes internationales Celluloid Dreams
© LES ARMATEURS – MELUSINE PRODUCTIONS – CLOSE UP FILMS
- ARTE FRANCE CINEMA - RTS - KNM 2018
Visa d’exploitation n°134.571

Releases

France - Memento

04.09.2019

Belgium - Imagine

04.09.2019

Netherlands - Imagine

26.09.2019

Switzerland - Filmcoopi

05.12.2019

Canada (Quebec) - Maison 4:3

17.01.2020

Spain - Night Drive

21.02.2020

Australia - Filmink

20.08.2020

Brazil - Vitrine Filmes

28.05.2020