Charades Boards Annecy Pageant’s WIP Spotlight ‘The Glassworker’ Produced by Manuel Cristobal, Mano Animation Studios

Charades has acquired Usman Riaz’s animated characteristic “The Glassworker,” one of many highlights of Annecy Movie Pageant’s work-in-progress sidebar.

Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animated characteristic, “The Glassworker” is produced by “Wrinkles” producer Manuel Cristobal and Pakistan-based Mano Animation Studios (co-founded by Riaz).

The characteristic, which is aimed toward household audiences, is a love story set in a war-torn nation loosely impressed by Pakistan. The story follows younger Vincent and his father Tomas, who run the best glass workshop within the nation and discover their lives upended by an approaching conflict by which they need no half. The arrival of their city of a military colonel and his younger aspiring violinist daughter, Alliz, shakes their actuality and exams the connection between father and son. Because the love develops between Vincent and Alliz, they might want to collect up their braveness to confront their fathers.

Scheduled for a 2023 launch, “The Glassworker” boasts an genuine voice solid of South Asian expertise, together with Sacha Dhawan, best-known for his work in Hulu’s “The Nice,” Marvel’s “Iron Fist” and Physician Who; Anjli Mohindra, whose well-known credit embody “The Sarah Jane Adventures” and “Physician Who, in addition to the BBC One drama “Vigil,” and Artwork Malik (“True Lies,” “Sherlock”).

“‘The Glassworker’ is a glimpse into how we grew up in Pakistan,” says Riaz. “It may be seen within the conflicts, the native legends, the characters’ clothes, the meals they eat, and the colonial structure.  The artwork of glassblowing has by no means been depicted in any movie. “

“With its vibrant colours and ever-changing varieties, I really feel it’s a magical medium to discover with hand-drawn animation,” Riaz continued.

The filmmaker, who can also be producing the characteristic by means of his firm Mano Animation Studios, added that he hopes “audiences will watch ‘The Glassworker’ and be moved by its story, and the love I’ve for hand-drawn animation.”

Charades‘ co-founder Yohann Comte, mentioned the characteristic was not solely a “great homage to the early work of Miyazaki and the work of Hosoda,” but additionally “widens the horizon of entertaining and clever animation by placing Pakistan and Mano studios on the map of the brand new skills to look at.”

“Charades has all the time had a ardour for first-time administrators, and that is a powerful debut movie by Usman Riaz,” added Comte, who’s an animation buff.

Cristobal and Riaz mentioned “the thought with Mano was to create worldwide high quality work in Pakistan, led by a proficient director in Usman Riaz.”

“Signing with the celebrated and expertise pushed Charades is a stamp of approval for the movie and is a large honor for us,” the pair continued.

“Glassworker” reteams Charades and Cristobal who beforehand collaborated on Ignacio Ferreras’s “Wrinkles” which gained the jury award at Annecy and was bought worldwide by Charades.

Cristobal is a Madrid-based producer whose monitor report in animation consists of two jury prizes at Annecy, 5 wins on the Spanish Movie Academy Goya awards, in addition to prizes from the European Movie Academy EFA Award and the Platino Award. He additionally govt produced “One other Day of Life,” by Raúl de la Fuente and Damian Nenow, which went on to win the EFA Award and premiered on the Cannes Pageant.

Charades has been promoting a lot of critically acclaimed animated options from world wide. Moreover “Wrinkles,” the corporate has dealt with “The Little Nicholas: Completely happy As Can Be” from France, “Belle” from Japan, and “Rooster for Linda!” from Italy, amongst others.