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South West Short Film Wins At IFFR
A short film from the South West has won the New Arrivals jury award at the 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Silent Things by Bournemouth Film School graduate, Rob Brown, was funded by South West Screen's Digital Shorts programme. It was the only UK short to win an award at the festival, with other awards going to Belgium, USA, India and Italy.

Silent Things is a drama about how the friendship between an autistic man and woman is tested when an impulsive teenage girl comes between them.

The 12-minute short film was shot on location on the South Coast in late 2009 and features a strong cast, including Georgia Groome (star of London to brighton and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging), Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star) and Andrew Scott (Olivier award winner, Moriarty in BBC's Sherlock). The film was cast by feature film casting director Chloe Emmerson whose previous credits include award-winning features films Pure and Last Resort.

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It's a 13 minute short film.

The director has put up a few screencaps on his website.