CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

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The War Tapes posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE2006 1h 37m USA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

Keep the feeling.

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CURATING YOUR NEXT FRAME

Finding the atmosphere, tension and little details that made this one stay with you.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Steve Pink

Himself