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‘Unspoken,’ ‘Genealogy of Violence,’ and ‘Aferrado’ Take Top Honors at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
Australian film and television star Damian Walshe-Howling wins international grand prize for his film about 70s era civil unrest.
“Unspoken,” “Genealogy of Violence,” and “Aferrado” have won a trio of top honors at this year’s Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, with each title winning a grand prize in the respective international, national and lab competitions. Best known for his acting work on Australian film and television, “Unspoken” director Damian Walshe-Howling can now burnish his behind-the-camera bona fides with Clermont-Ferrand’s top international trophy. Coming from a filmmaker with a background in video art and large-scale installations, the film uses 3D scanning and AI to explore questions of dispossession and social control through the prism of a commonplace police identity check.
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