Although it's her first film as director, Nora Twomey's debut work - The Breadwinner - has already garnered an Academy Award nomination, brought on Angelina Jolie as an executive producer, and is one of the most talked-about animated films of the year so far. Dee Molumby, Staff Writer at entertainment.ie, spoke to Nora about the pressures and prestige of working on a film with Oscar buzz attached and some of her all-time favourite animated films - one of which just so happens to be Kung Fu Panda 2.

<p>Although it's her first film as director, Nora Twomey's debut work - The Breadwinner - has already garnered an Academy Award nomination, brought on Angelina Jolie as an executive producer, and is one of the most talked-about animated films of the year so far. Dee Molumby, Staff Writer at entertainment.ie, spoke to Nora about the pressures and prestige of working on a film with Oscar buzz attached and some of her all-time favourite animated films - one of which just so happens to be Kung Fu Panda 2.</p>

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Although it's her first film as director, Nora Twomey's debut work - The Breadwinner - has already garnered an Academy Award nomination, brought on Angelina Jolie as an executive producer, and is one of the most talked-about animated films of the year...

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