Asia short film festival with online screening wraps up amid virus

TOKYO (Kyodo) — Undeterred by the coronavirus pandemic, one of Asia’s largest short film festivals on Sunday wrapped up its nearly two-week run in Tokyo with online screening, with the top prize awarded to a story of a woman traveling to witness the execution of her son’s murderer. “November 1st” directed by Britain-based Charlie Manton won the George Lucas Award, or the Grand Prix award, for the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia this year. The event itself, which began on Sept. 16, is certified by the Academy Awards. The 24-minute winning piece tells the story of a mother feeling…