The Swallows of Kabul
a ZABOU BREITMAN & ELÉA GOBBÉ-MÉVELLEC picture
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.
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Press
ABOUT THE BOOK
THE GUARDIAN
"Intense, elegant, despairing"
"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
ROGER EBERT.COM
through every shade of its tragedy and sacrifice"
"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 |
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