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		<title>A Conversation with Megan Griffiths &#038; Eliza Flug (YEAR OF THE FOX)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Baxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 19:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Megan Griffiths’ latest film, Year of the Fox, is a coming-of-age drama that takes place in 1997 Aspen and Seattle. Ivy (Sarah Jeffery) is a young woman on cusp of finishing high school, when she gets a disillusioning peek behind [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/griffiths-flug/">A Conversation with Megan Griffiths &#038; Eliza Flug (YEAR OF THE FOX)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>Short Film Contest Winner/Runner-Up: Spring &#8217;16</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don R. Lewis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2016 21:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>While it’s been pretty hard to tell from the funky weather across the United States these days, spring is here and is actually almost gone. That means our quarterly short film contest has also come and gone and while there’s [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/short-film-contest-spring-16/">Short Film Contest Winner/Runner-Up: Spring &#8217;16</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>A Conversation With Megan Griffiths (LUCKY THEM)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Tully]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2014 13:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amy Hobby]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>(Lucky Them world premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and is now available on VOD through IFC Films. It opened theatrically in NYC on May 30, 2014, and opens in Los Angeles on Friday June 6th, before expanding [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-megan-griffiths-lucky-them/">A Conversation With Megan Griffiths (LUCKY THEM)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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