Asia Short Film Fest crowns Animated Polish-Japanese story as winner

A Polish animated film about the friendship between Poland and Japan won the top prize Monday at one of Asia’s largest short film festivals.

“The Bridge,” a story by Poland-born director Izumi Yoshida based on the so-called Siberian Children who were rescued by the Japanese Red Cross Society following the Russian Revolution, was announced winner of the George Lucas Award, or the Grand Prix award, at a ceremony in Tokyo at the culmination of the three-week festival.

Poland-born director Izumi Yoshida’s animated short film ‘The Bridge’ won the top prize at this year’s Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia. | COURTESY OF SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA/ VIA KYODO

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