The Breadwinner (film)

The Breadwinner
Teaser poster
Directed by	Nora Twomey
Produced by	Angelina Jolie Anthony Leo Tomm Moore Andrew Rosen Paul Young Mimi Polk Gitlin
Written by	Anita Doron Deborah Ellis
Based on	The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
Starring	Saara Chaudry Soma Bhatia Noorin Gulamgaus Laara Sadiq Ali Badshah Shaista Latif Kawa Ada Ali Kazmi
Production company	Cartoon Saloon Aircraft Pictures Guru Studio Jolie Pas Irish Film Board Melusine Productions Telefilm Canada
Distributed by	Elevation Pictures (Canada) StudioCanal (Ireland)
Release date	2017 (2017)
Country	Canada Ireland Luxembourg
Language	English Luxembourgish
Budget	$10 million

The Breadwinner is an upcoming 2017 Canadian-Irish-Luxembourgian animated film by Cartoon Saloon directed by Nora Twomey and executive produced by Mimi Polk Gitlin and Angelina Jolie. Based on the best-selling novel by Deborah Ellis, the film will be released in the summer of 2017.

After her father Nurullah is unjustly arrested, Parvana, a girl in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, must dress as a boy so she can work to support her mother Fattema and her sister Soraya.

In May 2016, it was announced that key animation for the film had commenced.