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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>That’s right – the 95<sup>th</sup> Academy Awards were but a prelude to the grandest night in film achievement – the Gotham Film Festival on Thursday, May 18<sup>th</sup>!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Accomplished or aspiring filmmakers can showcase their short narrative or documentary films in the 2023 virtual film festival. 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