The Breadwinner (2017)

NAME OF FILM: THE BREADWINNER

DIRECTOR(S): Nora Twomey

STARRING: Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Laara Sadiq, Shaista Latif, Ali Badshah, Kawa Ada, Noorin Gulamgaus

GENRE: Animation Film

SYNOPSIS: This timely, inspiring and beautifully animated tale follows an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan, who must disguise herself as a boy to support her family.

I AM NOT A WITCH

2018 Athena Film Festival Announces Lineup, I AM NOT A WITCH, LADY BIRD and More…

The Athena Film Festival (AFF) continues to showcase films about strong and courageous women leaders with its 2018 lineup of narrative, documentary, and short films.   Among the feature films included in this year’s lineup are THE BREADWINNER, directed by Nora Twomey and executive produced by Angelina Jolie; the New York premiere of I AM NOT A WITCH, from first-time writer and director Rungano Nyoni