Mano Animation Studios has released a trailer for The Glassworker, the first hand drawn animated film produced in Pakistan from writer-director Usman Riaz which centres on a young glassblower in training, and his relationship with his father and the daughter of an army colonel as their lives are upended by an impending war; watch it below…

‘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 voice cast for The Glassworker includes Art Malik, Sacha Dhawan, Anjli Mohindra, Tony Jayawardena, Teresa Gallagher, Maya Soraya, Sham Ali, and Mina Anwar.

The Glassworker will premiere as at the Annecy International Animation Festival in June and opens in Pakistan in July.