{"id":31190,"date":"2025-08-18T17:03:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T21:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31190"},"modified":"2025-08-18T17:03:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T21:03:47","slug":"the-glassworker-exclusive-interview-with-animator-composer-usman-riaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31190","title":{"rendered":"The Glassworker : Exclusive Interview with Animator\/Composer Usman Riaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@cinemadailyus\"><strong>Check out more of our YouTube Channel\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nobuhiro Hosoki<\/strong> grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s &#8220;A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo\u2019s program called &#8220;Morning Satellite&#8221; at the New York branch office but he didn\u2019t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.<\/p>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31191 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Glasswroker-poster2.png\" alt=\"The Glassworker \" width=\"640\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Glasswroker-poster2.png 640w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Glasswroker-poster2-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Glassworker<\/strong> : In a town divided by duty and class, Vincent, a glassmaker&#8217;s son, and Alliz, a violinist who is the colonel&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<p><strong>Director<\/strong> : Usman Riaz<\/p>\n<p><strong>Producer<\/strong> : Manuel R. Crist\u00f3bal, Khizer RIAZ<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenwriter<\/strong> : Usman Riaz, Moya O&#8217;Shea<\/p>\n<p><strong>Distributor<\/strong> : Watermelon Pictures<\/p>\n<p><strong>Production Co<\/strong> : Mano Animation Studios<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre<\/strong> : Drama, Animation, Romance<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Language<\/strong> : English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date (Theaters)<\/strong> : Aug 15, 2025, Limited<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime<\/strong> : 1h 38m<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you liked the interview, share your thoughts below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/nobuhosokigmail-com\/\">Check out more of Nobuhiro&#8217;s articles.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the trailer of the film.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"mTuPHCyV6mw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE GLASSWORKER | Official English Trailer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" 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