Based on the novel by Yasmina Khadra, The Swallows of Kabul  is an animated film that tells the intersecting stories of two couples – Zunaira and Mohsen and Mussarat and Atiq – living under Taliban rule in 1998.

You can catch The Swallows of Kabul in cinemas now.

The film was directed by Zabou Breitman and animator Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec.

Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec is speaking here with Michael Jones about her experiences working on the film.