Yoriko Mizushiri's 'Futsū no Seikatsu' Animated Short Wins at Berlin Int'l Film Festival

Yoriko Mizushiri’s “Futsū no Seikatsu” (“Ordinary Life”) animated short film won the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday.

Atsushi Wada’s “Bird in the Peninsula” animated short premiered at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival in 2022, and Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari) anime film had its international premiere at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival the following year.

Mizushiri’s Otawamure animated film won the VR Animation Competition prize at the World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb event in 2021, and her “Fuan na Tai” (“Anxious Body”) short won the Jury Mention in the Official Short Films category of the 2022 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.