The Glassworker

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The Glassworker

Aug 2025

1h 38m

Drama

Animation

Romance

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In a town divided by duty and class, Vincent, a glassmaker's son, and Alliz, a violinist who is the colonel's daughter, fall in love. As their bond grows, rising tensions between their families threaten to pull them apart. Brought to life through stunning hand-drawn animation, The Glassworker is a poetic tale of first love, family, and the price of staying true to your art.

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Nick Bradshaw

Sight & Sound

Sep 18

Though the film embraces the old-fashioned star-crossed romance, it’s driven by a surprising emotional realism.

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Siddhant Adlakha

Variety

12/02/2024

“The Glassworker” goes beyond merely aping Miyazaki’s distinctive style. It gets to the heart of the anti-war sentiment that underscores much of his work.

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David Parkinson

Radio Times

Oct 15

3/5

Nevertheless, this is an affecting rite of passage that has its moments of haunting beauty.

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Jack Martin

Film Feeder

Sep 17

3/5

While it’s far from a perfect film as a whole, The Glassworker nonetheless retains its importance as a groundbreaking bit of animation from a part of the world where such a medium is, until now, barely existent.

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Christie Cronan

Common Sense Media

Sep 14

4/5

With its intricate visuals and emotional depth, this is director Usman Riaz' tender, poetic love letter to Pakistani culture.

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Luis Bond

Diario las Américas

Sep 13

4/5

The film is a kind of coming-of-age story, narrated in retrospect by its protagonist, allowing us to witness the evolution of his dreams and the mark that war can leave on a person throughout childhood, adolescence, and adulthood [Full Review in Spanish]

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Kesh

Sep 7

Beautiful artistry, music and story-telling. I love the hand-drawn animation. So deep, so meaningful loved it!

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Jesus Gonzalez

Sep 5

such a beautiful movie, a real work of art

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Shazia

Sep 5

The underlying theme was wonderful . Cinematography was great as well

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Stephen A

Aug 23

The Glassworker(2024): A Studio Ghibli film if you bought it on Temu. I could be more forgiving of the terrible animation and tepid character design, but the dialogue, story, and side characters were really bad. Sadly, it met my expectations as I wasn't hopeful after seeing the trailer. Solid cast as it seems they hired actual voice actors and not rely on A-Listers who tend to be awkward in the voice acting department. And though the score was quite lovely, it was obvious they cribbed it all from the Joe Hisaishi playbook. Almost as if they prompted an AI chatbot to just give them a Joe Hisaishi score.

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Joseph O

Aug 21

It reminded me of a Studio Ghibli movie set in South Asia. While the setting was novel and interesting, the animation style, the retro-fantastical flying machines, and the plot were all very similar to Ghibli movies. Hopefully it was meant as an homage to that studio. The plot gets a little murky at the end. I am wondering if they omitted parts that would have fleshed it out more to keep the movie close to the commercially acceptable 90 minute run time. Note: there is war, death, and graphic violence so this is not a kids movie

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A K

Aug 19

Very moving story about innocence and the loss of innocence.

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In a town divided by duty and class, Vincent, a glassmaker's son, and Alliz, a violinist who is the colonel's daughter, fall in love. As their bond grows, rising tensions between their families threaten to pull them apart. Brought to life through stunning hand-drawn animation, The Glassworker is a poetic tale of first love, family, and the price of staying true to your art.

Director: Usman Riaz
Producer: Manuel R. Cristóbal, Khizer RIAZ
Screenwriter: Usman Riaz, Moya O'Shea
Distributor: Watermelon Pictures
Production Co: Mano Animation Studios
Genre: Drama, Animation, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 15, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 38m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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