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50 EVENTS May-June 2008

Latest in June: Detroit - Toronto - Peterborough, Ontario
Halifax - Dublin, Ireland - Kelowna, BC - Montreal - Cleveland
May: Toronto - Cannes - Washington - Dublin - Edinburgh - Buffalo - Portland

JUNE 29th NEAR DETROIT

Photorama USA presents

Detroit Camera Show & Sale
Used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.

Sunday, June 29, 10am-3pm, $6

Clawson Troy Elks Lodge,
1451 E. Big Beaver Rd. (& I-75), Troy, Michigan

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JUNE 25-28 IN TORONTO

The Parkdale Beauty Pageant Society presents

10th Parkdale Film + Video Showcase June 27 & 28

Home Movies from Parkdale to Guyana
Alison Latchana in person with her super 8 sound films
shot in the 1980's in Toronto's West Indian community
(including in the Parkdale neighbourhood of Toronto),
on the road in Europe, and back home in Guyana.
Presented by Homemade Movies.

Saturday, June 28, 3pm, $pwyc (unclassified)
Parkdale Library, 1303 Queen St. W., Toronto

Parkdale Under the Stars!
Family-friendly Parkdale films and videos, outdoors!
Recent 16mm films by Chris Gehman, Pablo de Ocampo,
and recent videos by Mammalian Diving Reflex,
Renata Mohamed, Sabrina Morella, Karl Reinsalu,
Laurel MacDonald, Jeff Winch, Gloria Kim, Terril Calder,
Chris Ross, Madi Piller, Nicholas Kovats, Sandra Gregson,
Erase Collective (Josefa Micaela, Diana Cadavid, Alvaro Girón).
Total running time: 70 minutes, then late evening surprises!

Saturday, June 28, 9pm, $pwyc (unclassified)
Fuller Avenue Parkette, Fuller Ave., Toronto
(north of Queen St. W., west of Lansdowne)
BYO blankets & lawn chairs!

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Trash Palace Theatre is now weekly!

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" Trash Palace Theatre presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm, 8mm or super 8.

The Angry Breed (USA, 1968)

Friday, June 27, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. W., 416-504-7335
(which is a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre)

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The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) presents

TAIS Animation Showcase 2008
Recent short videos.

Friday, June 27, 6:30pm, $5 (adults only, by law)

NFB Spotton Cinema, 150 John St., Toronto

Evening Hymns, from Peterborough
Live music by Jonas Bonnetta
with overhead projections by Carly Moran.
Also performing - Barzin.

Wednesday, June 25, 9pm

in the Southern Cross Lounge,
Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave., Toronto

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JUNE 23rd IN PETERBOROUGH

New Visual Art and Films
Works by students of Maralynn Cherry and John Porter
in Cultural Studies Studio Classes at Trent University.
Films, projected on super 8 and 16mm, by
Amberlea Polan, Claire McMillan, Laura Paetzold, Meg Gardiner,
Justin Henderson, Stephanie Meleady, Cheryl Close, Sakib Ahmed,
Sheena Smith, Leah Riley, Peter Chatterton, Daniel Dietzel, Jason Plouffe.

Monday, June 23, 6pm, free.
Film Screening at 8pm, free.

Sadleir House, 751 George St. N., Peterborough, Ontario
Art Exhibition in the old library, front main floor.
Film Screening in the Dining Hall upstairs, with cash bar.

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JUNE 18-21 IN TORONTO

8th Bicycle Film Festival Tour
2nd year in Toronto. Mostly video.

June 18-21 (unclassified)

The Royal Cinema, 608 College St., and
Studio Gallery, 294 College St., 2nd Floor, Toronto

Trash Palace Theatre is now weekly!

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" Trash Palace Theatre presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm, 8mm or super 8.

Deadly Eyes (Canada, 1982)

Friday, June 20, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. W., 416-504-7335
(which is a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre)

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The Images Festival and Maximum Films present

My Winnipeg
(Guy Maddin, 2007, Canada, 35mm, 80 minutes) Trailer
One-night-only performance with live narration by Guy Maddin!
(To be released in Toronto, June 20, and Winnipeg, June 27.)

Thursday, June 19, 8pm (classified)
$20 advance, $25 door (7:15pm), $40 reserved seat
 Advance tickets at Soundscapes, 572 College St.,
Pages Books & Magazines, 256 Queen St. W.,
Images Festival, 448-401 Richmond St, W.

The Royal Cinema, 608 College St., Toronto

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JUNE 16th IN HALIFAX

The Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op (AFCOOP) presents

Vancouver Film Experiments:
New Cinema from the Western Fault
Recent films & videos using DIY & handmade forms,
by filmmakers in the East Vancouver underground.
Curated by Ben Donoghue, Hungry Ghost Cinema.
16mm films by Amanda Dawn Christie, Christophe Runné,
Julie Saragosa, Yun Lam Li, a 35mm film by C. J. Brabant,
and videos by Yun Lam Li, Amy Lockhart, Alex MacKenzie,
Pia Massie, Amy Kazmerchyk, Zoe Gordini, Ben Donoghue.

Monday, June 16, 7pm, $9/7

CBC Radio Room, 1599 South Park St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

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JUNE 12-15 IN DUBLIN, IRELAND

Márgenes: Experimento y Praxis
Spanish contemporary avant-garde art, June 12-25, presents

Kinetic Landscapes
Recent super 8 films on video, by
David Domingo, Hugo Cornelles, Patrick Danse, Manuel Asín,
Armand Rovira, Oriol Sánchez, Lluis Escartín, Cristina Giribets.
Thursday, June 12, 4pm at National Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Partial Retrospective by Albert Alcoz
In person from Barcelona, with his super 8 films,
some projected on super 8 and some shown on video.
Films (2006-2008) include one made with Michael Snow.
Friday, June 13, 4pm at the National Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Cine Experimento
Recent 16mm films by Laida Lertxundi and Maximiliano Viale,
and recent videos by Oriol Sánchez, Esperanza Collado,
Oliver Laxe, Jesús Pérez-Miranda, Alberte Pagán.
Saturday, June 14, 4pm, free
National Gallery, Merrion Square W. & Clare St., Dublin 2, Ireland

Cinema…Corpus vs Cerebrum
Live film performance by Esperanza Collado
using four super 8 and 16mm film projectors
in the public space opposite to Thisisnotashop.
accompanied by live music by Neil O’Connor, aka Somadrone.
Sunday, June 15, 9pm, free
Thisisnotashop, 26 Benburb St., Dublin 7, Ireland

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JUNE 10-15 IN KELOWNA, BC

The Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA) presents its annual

National Media Arts Conference and Festival
Non-Profit Media Arts Organizations from across Canada.
Artists, cultural workers, funders, policy-makers.
Presentations of video, film, audio, new media.

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JUNE 13th IN TORONTO

Trash Palace Theatre is now weekly!

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" Trash Palace Theatre presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm, 8mm or super 8.

Premature Burial (Roger Corman, 1962)

Friday, June 13, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. W., 416-504-7335
(which is a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre)

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JUNE 12th IN MONTREAL

The Double Negative Collective, in collaboration with
Cinémathèque québécoise and National Film Board of Canada, presents

Arthur Lipsett:
About Time, A Film Retrospective
A retrospective of this Canadian artist's films,
plus correlative Canadian media art works.
Curated by Brett Kashmere.

June 4-6 & 12th, 7pm $7/6 each

Cinémathèque québécoise,
335, boul. De Maisonneuve Est, Montréal, Québec

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JUNE 9-12 IN TORONTO

Evening Hymns, from Peterborough
Live music by Jonas Bonnetta,
with overhead projections by Carly Moran.

The Better Reasons Fest: with Forest City Lovers, The Magic.
Thursday, June 12, 9pm in the Main Hall

also with Barzin, Wednesday, June 25, 9pm
in the Southern Cross Lounge.

Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave., Toronto

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Celebrating Bike Month (May 26 - June 21),
and The Cycle Messenger World Championships,
CineCycle presents

Quicksilver - 8pm
(Tom Donnelly, USA, 1986, 106 minutes) on 16mm!

Classic Bicycle Racing Films - 10pm
on 16mm!

Wednesday, June 11, free (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

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The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents

LIFT Workshop Screening and Film Jam
First time ever! Recently completed films
from Fall and Winter workshop participants,
shot on super 8, 16mm, 35mm, and shown on film & video!
Audience Favourite Prize! - free admission to any workshop!
Audience Film Jam! - admission includes a foot of 16mm film
to mark and scratch on, projected at the end of the night!
>>> Upcoming workshop registrations available! <<<

Tuesday, June 10, 8pm, $pwyc (unclassified)

Cameron House Back Room, 408 Queen St. W., Toronto

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Celebrating Bike Month (May 26 - June 21), CineCycle presents

Jour de fête by Jacques Tati
(France, 1949, 70 minutes) on 16mm!
and a short by Tex Thayer.

Monday, June 9, 8pm, free (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

JUNE 8th NEAR CLEVELAND, OHIO

Photorama USA presents

Cleveland Camera Show & Sale
Used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.

Sunday, June 8, 10am-3pm, $6

Cleveland-Richfield Quality-Inn,
4742 Breckville Rd. (off I-80), Richfield, Ohio.
East Exit 173, S. on Rt 21.
248-591-7433

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MAY 23 - JUNE 7 IN TORONTO

Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents its

Annual Filmmakers Garage Sale
Used film (and related) equipment.

Saturday, June 7, Noon-4pm

L.I.F.T., Suite 301, 171 East Liberty St., Toronto

Celebrating Toronto Bike Month (May 26 - June 21)

Yasi's Ride-In Outdoor Movie Night
 Short bicycle videos. Free popcorn!

Saturday, June 7, 9-11pm, free (unclassified)

Yasi's Place Cafe, 299 Wallace Ave., Toronto 416-536-9888
(2 blocks north of Bloor St. W. and 2 west of Lansdowne)

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3rd Anniversary of super8porter.ca

June 6, 2008

Fridays, in Toronto or online, on CKLN-FM 88.1, listen to

Frameline - 2pm Hosts Heather Douglas & Barbara Goslawski.

Cinephobia - 2:30pm Host Stuart (Feedback) Andrews
interviews Greg Woods of The Eclectic Screening Room,
about tonight's screening at Trash Palace Theatre (below).

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Trash Palace Theatre is now weekly!

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" Trash Palace Theatre presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm, 8mm or super 8.

This is a Hijack (1973)

Friday, June 6, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. W., 416-504-7335
(which is a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre)

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POSTPONED

The School of Image Arts and The Loop Collective present
their weekly Lighthouse Series devoted to experimental cinema

8mm Films by Stan Brakhage!
My Mountain (Song XXVII) (1968, 26 minutes, silent),
Rivers (Song XXVII: Part II) (1969, 36 minutes, silent).
Preceded by live music by Colin Clark & Alex Geddie.
Yoga class taught by Darcie Clark at 7:30pm
(Suggested donation $15. BYO mat. RSVP.)

Tuesday, June 3, 8:30pm, free (unclassified)

Space 9, 1655 Dupont St., Toronto
(at Dundas St. W., north of Bloor St.)

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Trash Palace Theatre is now weekly!

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" Trash Palace Theatre presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm, 8mm or super 8.

The Fool Killer (1965)

Friday, May 30, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. W., 416-504-7335
(which is a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre)

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The 11th Subtle Technologies Festival (May 29-June 1) presents

More Light
Two videos and a 16mm film featuring "light",
by Brian Doyle, Ariana Gerstein, Jack Chambers.
Curated by Willy Le Maitre

Thursday, May 29, 8pm, $8
(free with Festival Pass)

Followed by a free screening of the video
Light, Darkness, and Colours (Denmark, documentary, 60 min)
by Henrik Boëtius, Marie Louise Lauridsen, Marie Louise Lefèvre.

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

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Celebrating Bike Month (May 26 - June 21), CineCycle presents

The Bicycle Thief by Vittoria De Sica
(Italy, 1948, 93 minutes) on 16mm!
and a short super 8 film by Martin Reis.

Wednesday, May 28, 8pm, free (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

The Photographic Historical Society of Canada (PHSC) presents

The Big One - 34th Spring Photographica Fair
Canada's oldest, largest, used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine. 140 tables.

Sunday, May 25, 10am-3pm, $7

The Soccer Centre, 7601 Martin Grove Rd. (at Hwy 7), Woodbridge

info: marklsinger at gmail dot com 905-762-9031

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Trash Palace Theatre is now weekly!

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" Trash Palace Theatre presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm, 8mm or super 8.

Breaking Point (Bob Clark, Canada, 1976)

Friday, May 23, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. W., 416-504-7335
(which is a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre)

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A SUPER 8 "SHOOT & SHOW" SCREENING:

MAY 22nd IN CANNES, FRANCE

straight8 presents

Creme de la Cannes
The best baker's dozen from the 2008 crop of 175 super 8 films.
Artists from the UK, USA, Canada, Mexico, Netherlands.
Peggy Anne Berton, Oliver Ralfe, Steve Oram & Nick Lear,
Ben Dickinson, Nick Rutter, Noah Rutter, Ben Richardson,
Anna Blandford and Anna Valdez Hanks, Will & George,
David Padadac, Dermot Power, George Georgiou,
Matthew Keen, Andrew Jive, Herrjaapmans, Malcolm Finlay,
Felix Alejandro Barbosa Vazquez y Yuri Misael Barbosa Vazquez.

Thursday, May 22, 10pm, free
(Festival Pass required)

Cannes Film Festival,
Kodak Apartment, International Village, Cannes, France

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MAY 21 & 22 IN TORONTO

The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents

"Introduction to Movie Making" Workshop
Plan and shoot a "do-able" short movie!
An overview for absolute beginners!
Instructor: Rick Palidwor.

Thursday, May 22, 6-10pm, $30

L.I.F.T., Suite 301, 171 East Liberty St., Toronto
(entrance on Hanna Ave., via Atlantic Ave.,
south off King St. W., east of Dufferin St.)

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The Revue Film Society presents

The 3rd Drop Your Shorts: Short Film Festival
Video, 16mm, 35mm.

Thursday, May 22, 7pm, $2 (adults only, by law)

The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto

The Toronto International Film Festival Group (TIFFG)
and the Film School Consortium present their

5th Annual Student Film Showcase
13 student videos from film schools across Canada

Wednesday, May 21, 7pm, $5 (adults only, by law)

Cumberland Cinema, 159 Cumberland St., Toronto

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MAY 18th NEAR WASHINGTON, DC

Photorama USA presents

Washington Camera Show & Sale
Used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.

Sunday, May 18, 10am-3pm, $6

Best Western Tysons Westpark,
8401 Westpark Drive, McLean, Virginia.
From I-495 take exit 47, Route 7W towards Tyson Corner.

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MAY 18th IN DUBLIN, IRELAND

Experimental Film Club monthly screenings presents

Play and Destruction
Irish underground filmmaker Vivienne Dick in person,
and one, early, 16mm film each by her,
Adolfo Arrieta and Jack Smith.

Sunday, May 18, 4pm, 5 Euros

upstairs in the Ha'penny Bridge Inn,
42 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland

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MAY 13-25 IN TORONTO

18th Inside Out
Toronto Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival
Mostly video. No super 8. (classified)

May 15-25, at various venues

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The 2nd OCAD Video Festival
The Ontario College of Art & Design's
Integrated Media thesis students.

Wednesday, May 14, 7pm, $5 (unclassified)

Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W., Toronto

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This Is Not A Reading Series and the Images Festival present

Practical Dreamers:
Conversations with Movie Artists
Launch of a book, edited by Mike Hoolboom,
profiling 27 of Canada's best fringe movie makers.
Tonight: a screening of fringe shorts by Toronto artists
Midi Onodera, Jubal Brown, Su Rynard, Richard Fung,
and then a discussion with they and Mike Hoolboom.

Tuesday, May 13, 8:30pm, free (unclassified)

Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St. W, Toronto

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MAY 8-11 IN EDINBURGH, UK

The Film Studies Department of the University of Edinburgh,
and Filmhouse Cinema present their first

Diversions: A Festival of Experimental Film and Video
Classics and new works from the USA and Europe.
In person - Peter Rose, Frederique Devaux, David Curtis,
Pip Chodorov, Duncan White, Stephen Partridge, Al Rees!
Live film performance by Sami Van Ingen!
Festival Organiser: Kim Knowles.

Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Rd., Edinburgh, Scotland

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MAY 9th IN BUFFALO

Global Super 8 Day
Super 8 films, and videos shot on super 8.
Submit your works by May 6 to be included.
Make a new film with the "Super Super 8 Deal":
1-day camera rental, 1 roll of film, hand processing,
and transfer to video - all for just $35 or $45!
Sign up: tech at squeaky dot org

Friday, May 9, 8pm, $5/4

Squeaky Wheel, 712 Main St., Buffalo, New York

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MAY 1-9 IN TORONTO

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" Trash Palace Theatre presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm, 8mm or super 8.

Sugar Hill (Paul Maslansky, USA, 1974)
plus Trash Palace's One Year Anniversary Party!

Friday, May 9, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. W., 416-504-7335
(which is a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre)

Condolences to Suspect Video on Queen Street,
destroyed by fire February 20, 2008.

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The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents

Filmmaking Workshops May 22-July 26
Super 8, 16mm, 35mm! Finish on film!
Hand-processing! Cameraless Animation!
Limited enrolments. First come - first served.

Registration begins: Tuesday, May 6, 10am

L.I.F.T., Suite 301, 171 East Liberty St., Toronto
(entrance on Hanna Ave., via Atlantic Ave.,
south off King St. W., east of Dufferin St.)

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Windows and Mirrors
A party of reflections, projections & lights. Performances by
Exquisite Corpse, Data Stalker vs Rainbow Machine,
Animal Monster, Exploding Motor Car with Wodwos.
Installations by MissVic, Toronto Terrarea Club.
The DJs Jenny Craig. DVD release of Projection Expo '07.

Thursday, May 1, 8pm, $5

Keep Six Contemporary, 938 Bathurst St. (N. of Bloor), Toronto

APRIL 30 - MAY 4 IN PORTLAND

Peripheral Produce presents

7th Portland Documentary and
Xperimental Film Festival (PDX)
35mm, 16mm, video. MySpace - Flickr

Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, Oregon

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CONTINUED

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