The Shanghai International Film Festival awarded P.A. Works and Mari Okada’s Maquia – When the Promised Flower Blooms original anime film for Best Animation at its Golden Goblet Awards on Sunday.
The film will premiere in Canada as an official competitor at the Fantasia Film Festival, which takes place in Montreal from July 12 through August 1.
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”.