Media advisory - Red carpet screening of The Breadwinner at Ottawa International Animation Festival

OTTAWA, Sept. 21, 2017 /CNW/ - Media are invited to the red carpet of The Breadwinner screening, where Shaw Rocket Fund President and CEO Agnes Augustin, Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna, local Members of Parliament, city councillors and other political VIPs will attend to watch this important animated feature film.

Coming off a successful premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in which it was named one of the Top 10 best movies by BlogTO, The Breadwinner tells the story of 11-year-old Parvana, who must disguise herself as a boy to help her family in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The animated film is internationally co-produced by Aircraft Pictures (Canada), Cartoon Saloon (Ireland), and Melusine Productions (Luxembourg) and partly funded by Shaw Rocket Fund. The Breadwinner is based on award winning Canadian author Deborah Ellis's book of the same name.

WHAT:	Red carpet availability
WHEN:	Friday, Sept. 22, 2017 | Media should arrive by 6:30 p.m.
WHERE:	Bytowne Cinema, 325 Rideau St., Ottawa

A red carpet screening of The Breadwinner will take place at 7 p.m. at the Bytowne Cinema, followed by a Q&A session moderated by Ottawa-Vanier Liberal MP Mona Fortier.

About Shaw Rocket Fund
The Shaw Rocket Fund is a forward-thinking, not-for-profit corporation that focuses on stimulating excellence in the Canadian children's production industry in Canada through equity investment and industry initiatives such as the much-celebrated Shaw Rocket Prize and Startoon, an online development program for animators. The Rocket Fund is an advocate of the Canadian children's production sector, maintaining an active role with regulators and governments. Contributors to the Fund are Shaw Communications and Shaw Direct.

SOURCE Shaw Rocket Fund

Lisa Amato, Shaw Rocket Fund Manager, Strategic Communications, [email protected], www.rocketfund.ca | t: @rocketfund | facebook.com/rocketfund