Pakistan’s groundbreaking 2D hand-drawn animated film, The Glassworker, has been selected as the country’s official submission for the 2025 Academy Awards. Directed by Usman Riaz, the film will compete in the prestigious International Feature Film category at the 97th Oscars.

Set in a fantastical world against the backdrop of war, ‘The Glassworker’ follows Vincent, a young glassblower, and Alliz, a violinist, whose friendship is tested by the worlds they come from