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"Served as the site of the film’s world premiere and a Q&A with The Hollywood Reporter’s Mia Galuppo, where the director described “authenticity” as her north star. Audiences responded with knowing applause and laughter, the movie played like a theatrical crowd-pleaser, and it won the festival’s audience award in the headliners section — a response that highlighted the film’s cultural resonance and the power of lively in-person reactions." - H. Drew Blackburn