Usman Riaz’s ‘The Glassworker’ Contends For Best Animated Feature At Academy Awards, Bringing Pakistani Animation To Global Stage

It’s not every day an animated movie emerges from Pakistan — and if it’s feature length, 2D hand-drawn animation, that’s virtually unheard of coming from this region of South Asia. For Usman Riaz, creator, animator, co-composer and director of The Glassworker, it took dedication and perseverance to bring this first-of-its-kind animation from Pakistan in front […]