Pakistan | Animation | 2024 | 1 h 38 m
Pakistan’s Submission for the 97th Academy Awards®
The Glassworker is a 2D animated feature film directed by Usman Riaz.
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It is the first original feature by Mano Animation Studios and the first hand-drawn animated production from Pakistan.
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Vincent and his father Tomas, run the finest glass workshop in the country and find their lives upended by an impending war in which they want no part. The arrival in their town of an army colonel and his young, talented violinist daughter, Alliz, shakes their reality and tests the relationship between father and son.
The love that develops between Vincent and Alliz is challenged constantly by the differing views of their fathers. It is a time when patriotism and social standing are considered more important than free thought and artistic pursuits. It is a time when love is not relevant.
Stars: Art Malik, Sacha Dhawan, Anjli Mohindra
Written by: Usman Riaz and Maya O'Shea
Film program will be followed by Q&A.
Usman Riaz is a film director, scriptwriter, animator, and composer born in Pakistan.
At 21, he was selected as a TED Fellow in 2012, speaking and performing at TED Global 2012. He was chosen as a TED Senior Fellow in 2013 and has spoken at TED and TEDx Conferences in Japan, India, Malaysia, Costa Rica, Turkey, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Usman received a full scholarship to study Composition at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, United States. Before that, he studied Graphic Design at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture in Karachi.
A prolific artist, Usman wrote the original story and drew the entire storyboard and animatic for the ‘The Glassworker’ himself.
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