Genealogy of Violence
Synopsis
A young man sits in the car with his girlfriend. Two policemen in an unmarked car pull up to command a routine identity check. They invite him out and proceed methodically to a pat-down, as he stands in front of the car, under the dismayed eyes of his girlfriend.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Division
- Co-production : Mohamed Bourouissa Studio
- Film exports/foreign sales : Manifest
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producers : Jules de Chateleux, Laure Salgon
- Screenwriters : Mohamed Bourouissa, Jean-René Étienne, Abdoul Aziz Touré, David H. Pickering
- Director of Photography : Paul Guilhaume
- Music Composer : Lyla
- Editor : Rafael Torres Calderón
- Co-producer : Mohamed Bourouissa
- Production Manager : Fabrice Godin
- Post-production supervisor : Clémence Cuvelier
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction, Experimental
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Violence, Youth, Racial discrimination, Society
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2024
- Runtime : 15 min 15 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
News (7)
Selections (12)
International Documentary and Short Film Festival in Prizren (Dokufest)
Kosovo, 2025
International Competition
Awards (3)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2025
Prix des effets spéciaux
Grnad Prize National Competition
Winterthur International Short Film Festival
Switzerland, 2024
1st Prize in the International Competition
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