Animation in film
- Animation in film, Culture, Family films, Film, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Studio Ghibli, World news
The Glassworker review – beautiful Ghibli-esque anti-war fable
Pakistani animator Usman Riaz’s dazzling debut owes much to Hayao Miyazaki, founder of Japan’s legendary studi…
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The Glassworker: Studio Ghibli’s legacy lives in Pakistan’s first hand-drawn feature
Usman Riaz’s full-length debut is a decade-in-the-making story about life’s beauty and fragilityThe Glassworke…
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As Hello Kitty turns 50 her cuteness is still earning £3.1bn a year
Japanese character said to be second-highest grossing media franchise after Pokémon is also a TikTok superstar…
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My Sunny Maad review – Czech-Afghan love story told as culture-shock animation
Despite its visual appeal, the characters in Czech animator Michaela Pavlátová’s clash-of-values family drama …
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Chinese censors alter ending of Minions: The Rise of Gru film
Viewers mock addendum explaining Gru’s family values and arrest of thief Wild KnucklesCensors in China have ch…
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Flee review – fantastically moving story of a refugee’s life-saving secret
This extraordinary tale of the desperate lengths a gay Afghan man was forced to go to in order to escape perse…
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‘I’d like to join Pixar one day’: meet Afghanistan’s first female animator
Born under Taliban rule, Sara Barackzay studied abroad and now hopes to start her own schoolA woman in traditi…
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Kyoto Animation studio fire: at least 25 dead after arson attack in Japan
Dozens more injured after ‘man threw liquid and set fire’ to building, police sayJapan has been plunged into a…