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I came to Tokyo at twenty-three for a summer job at a Shibuya mini-theatre and the job never quite ended. Fifteen years of festivals later I still think the only review that counts is the one the room gives you: where the laugh lands, the moment three hundred people stop moving at once, whether anybody stays for the credits.

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Each story is a headline, a short excerpt, one still and a link to the outlet that did the reporting. We never republish the piece, and the still belongs to its studio or its photographer. A Korean trade paper appears in Korean, a French review in French. We point at the work; we do not put words in anyone's mouth.

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‘East of Wall’ y ‘Rebuilding’ triunfan en la 16ª edición del Almería Western Film Festival

October 13

Almería Western Film Festival ha dado a conocer el palmarés de su 16ª edición durante una ceremonia celebrada en el Teatro de Tabernas.

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