The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival awarded P.A. Works and Mari Okada’s Maquia – When the Promised Flower Blooms original anime film with the Children’s Jury Award.
The film is the directorial debut of anime screenwriter Okada (The Anthem of the Heart, anohana).
Maquia, an orphaned Iorph girl, lives her life in an oasis surrounded by friends, but somehow feels “alone”.
The festival took place from July 12 to July 22 in Bucheon, South Korea.