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		<title>A Conversation with Stephanie Ahn (BEDFORD PARK)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="138" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SAhn-300x138.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SAhn-300x138.png 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SAhn-1024x472.png 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SAhn-768x354.png 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SAhn-1536x708.png 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>Stephanie Ahn is a Korean American filmmaker who came to the United States at age two. She worked as an editor on films including Debra Granik&#8217;s Winter&#8217;s Bone (2010) and Israel Horovitz&#8217;s My Old Lady (2014) before setting out to [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/stephanie-ahn/">A Conversation with Stephanie Ahn (BEDFORD PARK)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>A THOUSAND AND ONE Trailer: A.V. Rockwell&#8217;s Sundance Winner is a Soaring Mother-Son Drama</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[M.J. O'Toole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 17:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/osutnae2oAThousandandOne-Still1-300x169.jpeg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/osutnae2oAThousandandOne-Still1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/osutnae2oAThousandandOne-Still1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/osutnae2oAThousandandOne-Still1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/osutnae2oAThousandandOne-Still1-1536x864.jpeg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>When first-time filmmaker A.V. Rockwell&#8217;s drama A Thousand and One won the Sundance U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize last month, juror Jeremy O. Harris called it &#8220;a stirringly emotional and real film&#8230; [It] will be remembered. It hits not only [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/a-thousand-and-one/">A THOUSAND AND ONE Trailer: A.V. Rockwell&#8217;s Sundance Winner is a Soaring Mother-Son Drama</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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		<title>Jim Brunzell’s 2018 Sundance Film Festival Preview</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A.D. Calvo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 00:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The projectors are warming up, the curtains are about to be raised and the first images will soon be hitting the screen on the 2018 Sundance Film Festival (hosted by the Sundance Institute), starting Thursday, January 18 and running through [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/brunzell-2018-sundance-preview/">Jim Brunzell’s 2018 Sundance Film Festival Preview</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hammertonail.com">Hammer to Nail</a>.</p>
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