Nora is named as one of Varietys 10 Animators to watch in 2017
Now Twomey is directing her first solo effort for the Kilkenny, Ireland-based studio, an adaptation of “The Breadwinner,” about a young girl who masquerades as a boy to help provide for her family in Afghanistan during Taliban rule. Cartoon Saloon was approached by Aircraft Pictures about partnering on the adaptation, and when Twomey read the Deborah Ellis novel, she knew she had to do it. “The book is so simple, but in a very beautiful way,” Twomey says. “The way [Ellis] draws the world, it speaks volumes.”
Since making an animated film is a long process, “You want to make sure you really want to get involved in the projects you get involved in,” she says, and “The Breadwinner,” which will be released in the U.S. in the fall by Gkids, was something she really wanted to do. “It’s not often you get a sense like that.”
The project also attracted Angelina Jolie, who came on board as a producer at the script stage. “She been a tremendous source of guidance,” says Twomey. “With a film as subtle and as sensitive as this, we’ve looked toward Angelina and our Afghan advisers to make sure we’re telling the story in the best way possible.”
– Terry Flores
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