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Directed by | Zabou Breitman Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec |
Screenplay by | Zabou Breitman Patricia Mortagne Sébastien Tavel |
Based on | The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra |
Produced by | Michel Merkt Reginald de Guillebon |
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Edited by | Françoise Bernard |
Music by | Alexis Rault |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
Countries | France Switzerland Luxembourg Monaco |
Language | French |
Box office | $2.4 million[1] |
The Swallows of Kabul (French: Les hirondelles de Kaboul) is a 2019 internationally co-produced adult animated psychological drama film[2] directed by Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobé Mévellec.[3] It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[4] The film is an adaption of the novel of the same name by Yasmina Khadra.
After being screened at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, OneOfUs.net called it a "great piece of animation and a very interesting character study that constantly keeps you emotionally invested and guessing as to what is going to happen next".[5]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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2018 | Annecy International Animated Film Festival | Gan Foundation Award for Distribution | The Swallows of Kabul | Won[6] |
2019 | Cannes Film Festival | Un Certain Regard | The Swallows of Kabul | Nominated[7] |
European Film Awards | European Animated Feature Film | The Swallows of Kabul | Nominated[8] | |
2020 | César Award | Best Animated Film | The Swallows of Kabul | Nominated[9] |