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		<title>MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I &#8211; LAST AIR IN MOSCOW New Trailer: Julia Loktev&#8217;s Defiant Documentary Arrives on MUBI This Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Last Fall, the Indie Film Site Network (IFSN) awarded the annual IFSN Advocate Award to Julia Loktev&#8217;s 5+ hour documentary, My Undesirable Friends: Part I &#8211; Last Air In Moscow. Set during the fall and winter of 2021-2022, the documentary [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/my-undesirable-friends-part-i-last-air-in-moscow-mubi-streaming/">MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I &#8211; LAST AIR IN MOSCOW New Trailer: Julia Loktev&#8217;s Defiant Documentary Arrives on MUBI This Friday</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;My Undesirable Friends: Part I &#8211; Last Air in Moscow&#8221; Announced as Winner of the 2025 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>NEW YORK, NY (November 12, 2025) &#8211; Indie Film Site Network (IFSN) has announced Julia Loktev’s My Undesirable Friends: Part I &#8211; Last Air in Moscow as the recipient of the 2025 IFSN Advocate Award. The award was established in [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/features/ifsn-awards-25/">&#8220;My Undesirable Friends: Part I &#8211; Last Air in Moscow&#8221; Announced as Winner of the 2025 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>Miami Beach Mayor Axes Plans to Shutter Indie Theater for Screening &#8216;No Other Land&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 21:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NO-OTHER-LAND-Basel-Adra-and-Yuval-Abraham-courtesy-Antipode-Films-300x200.webp" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham in NO OTHER LAND" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NO-OTHER-LAND-Basel-Adra-and-Yuval-Abraham-courtesy-Antipode-Films-300x200.webp 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NO-OTHER-LAND-Basel-Adra-and-Yuval-Abraham-courtesy-Antipode-Films-1024x683.webp 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NO-OTHER-LAND-Basel-Adra-and-Yuval-Abraham-courtesy-Antipode-Films-768x512.webp 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NO-OTHER-LAND-Basel-Adra-and-Yuval-Abraham-courtesy-Antipode-Films-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NO-OTHER-LAND-Basel-Adra-and-Yuval-Abraham-courtesy-Antipode-Films.webp 1581w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>The controversial threat to terminate the lease for Miami Beach&#8217;s arthouse theater O Cinema for screening the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land has been withdrawn by its mayor Steven Meiner following a city council meeting on Wednesday, March 19. Per [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/features/miami-beach-mayor-axes-plans-to-shutter-indie-theater-for-screening-no-other-land/">Miami Beach Mayor Axes Plans to Shutter Indie Theater for Screening &#8216;No Other Land&#8217;</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>&#8216;No Other Land&#8217; Announced as Winner of the 2024 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>NEW YORK, NY (November 25, 2024) &#8211; Indie Film Site Network (IFSN) has announced Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor’s essential, urgent documentary No Other Land as the recipient of the 2024 IFSN Advocate Award. The award [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/features/no-other-land-2024-ifsn-advocate-award/">&#8216;No Other Land&#8217; Announced as Winner of the 2024 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>Kokomo City Announced as Winner of the 2023 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[M.J. O'Toole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2023 16:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>NEW YORK, NY (November 16, 2023) &#8211; Indie Film Site Network (IFSN) has announced D. Smith’s vibrant directorial debut Kokomo City as the recipient of the 2023 IFSN Advocate Award. The recipient of the award, established to highlight one indie film [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/features/kokomo-city-ifsn-advocate-award/">Kokomo City Announced as Winner of the 2023 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>ALL THAT BREATHES Announced as Recipient of Inaugural &#8220;Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[M.J. O'Toole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 22:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Indie Film Site Network (IFSN) has announced Shaunak Sen’s remarkable, essential documentary All That Breathes as the inaugural recipient of the IFSN Advocate Award. The recipient of the award, established to highlight one theatrically released indie film each year that [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/features/all-that-breathes-ifsn-advocate-award/">ALL THAT BREATHES Announced as Recipient of Inaugural &#8220;Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award&#8221;</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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