This film was released 25th May 2018, and is no longer screening.

The Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon animation studio (The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea) returns with another Oscar-nominated triumph; directed by Nora Twomey – co-director of Kells – The Breadwinner is a beautifully realised ode to resilience under oppression and the imaginative power of storytelling, adapted from the bestselling novel by Deborah Ellis.

(Notes by David O’Mahony.)

All screenings of The Breadwinner (classified 12a. see www.ifco.ie) are open to the general public. If you are interested in bringing a schools group, please contact Box Office directly on 01 679 3477 or Boxoffice@irishfilm.ie.

Don’t forget we now schedule weekly.