Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Writer, director, and co-composer of The Glassworker, Usman Riaz has achieved his lifelong dream of realizing his story to the screen.

In anticipation of the film's long-awaited North American release, starting in New York City at the Angelika Film Center & Cafe and Toronto at TIFF, we spoke with Riaz about the filmmaking process, and in particular how it took over ten years to make the film. We also speak on his partnership with Watermelon Pictures to distribute the film in North America, and what his animation studio, Mano Animation, might have upcoming if The Glassworker succeeds financially.

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