Award for the animated short film Mizuki Kiyama at the Stuttgart Film Festival - News
Mizuki Kiyama's animated short "Bath House of Whales" ("Kujira no Yu") won the Lotte Reiniger Promotion Award for animated film at the Stuttgart International Animated Film Festival on 10 May. The short film airs on Knowledge Capital Youtube channel.
The festival website posted videos of the jury announcing the award and Kiyama practically accepted it. This year's festival was held on line May 5-10, after the physical version of the festival was canceled due to the new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).
oscar-appointed animator Koji yamamura he is the main producer of the short film and has produced it together Yuichi Ito, Mitsuko Okamotoe Taruto Fuyama. Kiyama produced the short film at the Tokyo University of the Arts.
Hayao Miyazaki& # 39; s Ponyo it also won the festival's AniMovie award for best animated film in 2010 and Makoto Shinkai& # 39; s The garden of words film he won The award in 2014. Mamoru Hosoda& # 39; s Mirai he won Last year's award.
Thanks to Jordan Scott for the tip.
