A trailer has been released for The Glassworker, an animated film hailing from Pakistan, the country’s first.
The film comes to the screen from Mano Animation Studios and is directed by Usman Riaz. It opens in cinemas in Pakistan on July 26, 2024.
The synopsis is as follows:
Young 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 English version cast includes Art Malik, Sacha Dhawan, Anjli Mohindra, Tony Jayawardena, Teresa Gallagher, Maya Soraya, Sham Ali, and Mina Anwar. A release date is TBC.
Here’s the trailer which hails from the Annecy animated film festival.
