Nora Twomey’s award-winning, critically acclaimed first solo feature film The Breadwinner will have free screenings around Ireland as part of Culture Night this Friday (21 September).

The Digital and DVD/Blu-ray release in Ireland will also take place the same week, with the Irish language version being released on DVD on 19 October. The date for the digital release on ITunes and Sky Store is 17 September.

Based on Deborah Ellis’s fiercely uplifting novel about protest and resistance, Cartoon Saloon’s breathtakinghand-drawn animation tells the story of Parvana, a 12-year-old girl who gives up everything to provide for her family and reunite with her father in Kabul, Afghanistan just as the Taliban regime began to fall. Hollywood actress and human rights activist, Angelina Jolie is an executive producer on the film.

Here's a list of the free screenings:

Civic Theatre - South Dublin - 01 4627460
The Dock - Leitrim - 071 9650828
Droichead Arts Centre - Louth - 0419875140
Dunamaise Arts Centre - Laois - 0578663355
The Glens - Leitrim - 0719855833
Mermaid Arts Centre - Wicklow - 01 2724304
The Mill Theatre - Dun Laoghaire - 01 2969340
The Model - Sligo - 071 9141405
Mullingar Intergrated Arts - Westmeath - 044 9347777
The Watergate Theatre - Kilkenny - 0567761674

The Breadwinner has been critically acclaimed around the world, with 42 award nominations including the Oscar and a Golden Globe.

Cartoon Saloon received their third Oscar nomination for The Breadwinner, after previous nominations for The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea.

The film won Best Independent Animated Feature Film at the Annie Awards, Best Animation at the LA Film Critics Association Awards: Best Animated Feature at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, and the Grand Prize and Audience Award at LA’s Animation Is Film Festival.