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		<title>LIVING THE LAND</title>
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<p>(Check out Frank Yan&#8217;s Living the Land movie review, it&#8217;s in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, Huo Meng’s third [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>A Conversation with Siyou Tan (AMOEBA)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Reed]]></dc:creator>
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<p>Filmmaker Siyou Tan marks her feature debut with Amoeba, a coming-of-age tale set in her native Singapore. Four teenage girls find friendship through rebellion against their country’s authoritarian system. All students at the Confucian Girls’ Secondary School, they refuse to [&#8230;]</p>
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