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		<title>THE DAUGHTERS OF ABRAHAM</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Reed]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hanaël El Yousfi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HtN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interfaith friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jewish-Muslim friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judaism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letterboxd]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mélissa Guers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[North African diaspora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patriarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revenge porn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Daughters of Abraham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Daughters of Abraham movie review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TIFF 2025]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto International Film Festival]]></category>
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<p>(The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) ran September 10-20 and HtN had boots on the ground covering all the best indie films they have to offer. Check out Chris Reeds’s The Daughters of Abraham movie review from the fest! Seen it? Join [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/daughters-of-abraham/">THE DAUGHTERS OF ABRAHAM</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>CPH:DOX 2026: Winners and Winners</title>
		<link>https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/cphdox-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Wissot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amazomania]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[colonialist narrative]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dongnan Chen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dream of Another Summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[female empowerment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film Reviews]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[improvised fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irene Bartolomé]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Korubo tribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Grossman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NEXT:WAVE competition]]></category>
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<p>This year’s edition of CPH:DOX (March 11–22) was as usual jam-packed with exciting discoveries. And unlike the Oscars, which aired the first weekend of the fest, many of the eventual doc award winners, competing in six categories, were well-deserving of [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/cphdox-2026/">CPH:DOX 2026: Winners and Winners</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>A Conversation with Chloé Robichaud, writer Catherine Léger, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman &#038; Laurence Leboeuf (TWO WOMEN)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Schenker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 19:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[comedy about women]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[female bodies on screen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[French-language comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing cooperative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intimacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karine Gonthier-Hyndman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurence Leboeuf]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[modern relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monogamy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rebellion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sundance Film Festival 2025]]></category>
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<p>Two Women, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, marks the latest feature from acclaimed Quebec filmmaker Chloé Robichaud (Sarah Prefers to Run, Boundaries). The French-language comedy, adapted from Catherine Léger&#8217;s stage play, inspired by the 1970s films of [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/two-women/">A Conversation with Chloé Robichaud, writer Catherine Léger, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman &#038; Laurence Leboeuf (TWO WOMEN)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>A (Brief) Conversation with Malene Flindt Pedersen (FAT FRONT)</title>
		<link>https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/malene-flindt-pedersen/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Wissot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2020 16:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Documentary]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[#metoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[body positive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[body positive documentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fat Front]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[female empowerment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louise Unmack Kjeldsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malene Flindt Pedersen]]></category>
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<p>One of the more unusual topics to be spot-lit at last year’s International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam was the body-positive movement – specifically the “revolution in Scandinavia” that sparked it. Danish doc-makers Louise Unmack Kjeldsen and Louise Detlefsen’s Fat Front [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/malene-flindt-pedersen/">A (Brief) Conversation with Malene Flindt Pedersen (FAT FRONT)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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