{"id":76516,"date":"2023-04-20T11:51:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T15:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/?p=76516"},"modified":"2023-04-21T20:17:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T00:17:25","slug":"its-complicated-not-short-on-talent-at-cannes-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/en\/spotlight\/its-complicated-not-short-on-talent-at-cannes-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Complicated: Not Short on Talent at Cannes 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"76516\" class=\"elementor elementor-76516\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67a44ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67a44ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fb32b1\" data-id=\"3fb32b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe771f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe771f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\" id=\"a-funny-thing-began-in-december-last-year-by-the-time-the-new-year-had-rolled-around-the-only-thing-anyone-seemed-to-be-talking-about-was-artificial-intelligence-ai-this-ai-that-ai-everything-ev\">A funny thing began in December last year: By the time the new year had rolled around, the only thing anyone seemed to be talking about was artificial intelligence: AI this, AI that, AI everything (everywhere, all at once).<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1615231 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1615231\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I won\u2019t be surprised if and when these advancements find their footing in the world of filmmaking \u2014 and I\u2019m confident they already are \u2014 but I also anticipate there to be a response from the filmmaking world as creatives write scripts and craft stories that grapple with them. That\u2019s just what artists do.<\/p><p>As this conversation continued to unfold around various corners of the internet, I was watching Canadian short films for a new iteration of Not Short on Talent. While technology scholars and experts weighed in on incredible achievements and how impressive their computational capacities were, I was, on the other side of the coin, marvelling at the complexities of human life, the intricacies of interpersonal dynamics, and the spoken \/ unspoken feelings that require similar levels of concentrated calculation \u2014 similar levels of intense (and intensive) processing.<\/p><p>Humans. We\u2019re complicated! Appreciating these seven new works, however, headed to the Cannes Court M\u00e9trage next month, is surely not.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-14ea588 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14ea588\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1975f4\" data-id=\"b1975f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-090497a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"090497a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DerekKwan-486-230.jpg\" class=\"attachment-loop-thumb size-loop-thumb wp-image-76570\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53878a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"53878a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/OIivierCote-486x230.jpg\" class=\"attachment-loop-thumb size-loop-thumb wp-image-76539\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4a38c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e4a38c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/TeyamaAlkamli-486-230.jpg\" class=\"attachment-loop-thumb size-loop-thumb wp-image-76572\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-741e02a\" data-id=\"741e02a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc92b37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc92b37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In <b>Derek Kwan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/en\/product\/100-days\/\"><em>100 Days<\/em><\/a><\/b>, a young Chinese-Canadian woman with some big news to share attends, with her new boyfriend, a ten-course banquet to celebrate the first few months of her baby nephew\u2019s life. Also in attendance? Extended family \u2026 including someone unexpected. Needless to say, daggers are shot and guilt trips are applied \u2014 and as fun and zippy lines shoot in every direction over the Lazy Susan, Kwan balances these spinning plates with delicious verve.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f64cd91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f64cd91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">But when does induction become initiation? In the vein of <i>Lord of the Flies<\/i>, <b>Olivier C\u00f4t\u00e9\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/en\/product\/kings\/\"><i>Les rois<\/i><\/a><\/b> tracks two new camp counsellors joining an institution with beer-soaked traditions. One such activity, \u201cThe Cucumber,\u201d is about as subtle as an eggplant emoji \u2014 and for the pair of boys thrust into the sobering waters of pressure and embarrassment this tradition requires, emotions surface to reveal not everyone is having fun.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bee724 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3bee724\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It\u2019s tricky navigating romantic interests. Moreover, it\u2019s tricky doing so over a long-distance phone call, while cooking dinner, while prepping for a party, while switching languages back and forth, and \u2014 trickiest of all \u2014 while talking to a friend with whom you are in love. If this wasn\u2019t complicated enough, writer \/ director <b>Teyama Alkamli<\/b> opts, with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/en\/product\/i-never-promised-you-a-jasmine-garden\/\"><b>I Never Promised You A Jasmine Garden<\/b><\/a>, <\/em>for long, unbroken takes to capture all of these convolutions (and more!) in full, resulting in a rich, often bittersweet reflection on the confusing nature of love.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d8b912 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d8b912\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea9fe0c\" data-id=\"ea9fe0c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fda356 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fda356\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Pareidolia is the phenomenon where humans see patterns, sometimes faces, in everyday objects. <strong>Vanessa Magic\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/en\/product\/the-future-above-us\/\"><i>The Future Above Us <\/i><\/a><\/strong>elevates this tendency all the way to the stars: If our planet is ever hit by some catastrophic event of galactic magnitude that leaves the Earth devoid of people, what, after all, does human connection look like? (And what of pareidolia in the age of AI-powered avatars?) Where some sci-fi stories insist the future is cold and grey, Magic\u2019s remains warm \u2014 full of bright colours, appreciation for the little things, and with an emphasis on human creativity.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd2ae74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd2ae74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The quiet dawn world of <strong>Catherine Boivin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/en\/product\/6-minutes-per-kilometer\/\"><i>6 minutes\/km<\/i><\/a><\/strong>, an experimental documentary featuring the director on her morning runs, may seem similarly lonesome, except the highway road she follows is alive with the thoughts of her Atikamekws ancestors. \u201cI think when I run,\u201d Boivin says in Atikamekw, a language she fears she\u2019s losing. \u201cI realize I\u2019m lost for words.\u201d With a run time roughly half her film\u2019s title, Boivin\u2019s dreamlike, kaleidoscopic document nevertheless speaks volumes.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14dc02c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14dc02c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Armed with a hilarious script by Veronika Gribanova, <strong>Knox<\/strong>, a filmmaker interested in the anxieties and thrills of online culture, depicts the idea of self-cancellation in <a href=\"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/en\/product\/the-comics\/\"><strong><i>The Comics<\/i><\/strong><\/a>, a fast-paced, get-in-the-car-I\u2019ll-explain-on-the-way romp about two Very Online creators (one of them played by Gribanova) who fear a recent \u201cjoke\u201d they uploaded might possibly end their careers. I mean, their video is getting literally <i>tens <\/i>of views! Should they hire a lawyer? Should they issue an apology? Should\u2026 should they post more?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca66444 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca66444\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Finally, this iteration of Not Short on Talent concludes with<strong> Dada\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/en\/product\/joie-de-vivre\/\"><i>Joie de vivre<\/i><\/a><\/strong>, a rabbit hole of emotional turbulence stemming from but a simple question: <i>\u201c\u00c7a va?\u201d<\/i> To answer her boyfriend Trevor\u2019s question, sure, Elsa doesn\u2019t have any major illnesses \u2014 so she\u2019s fine in that regard. But what of her <i>l&#8217;appel du vide<\/i>? What of her desires? Her ambitions? Her contradictions? Her relationship with her mother? \u00c9velyne Brochu lends her voice to Elsa\u2019s inner thoughts, suggesting Elsa isn\u2019t yet ready to say them herself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bcf7e4c\" data-id=\"bcf7e4c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff841a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ff841a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/VanessaMagic-486x230.jpg\" class=\"attachment-loop-thumb size-loop-thumb wp-image-76551\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-051665e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"051665e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CatherineBoivin-436-230.jpg\" class=\"attachment-loop-thumb size-loop-thumb wp-image-76568\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3734167 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3734167\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/KarenKnox-486x230.jpg\" class=\"attachment-loop-thumb size-loop-thumb wp-image-76547\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-023e6f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"023e6f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DADA-486x230.jpg\" class=\"attachment-loop-thumb size-loop-thumb wp-image-76543\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01d51bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01d51bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Perhaps, one day, computers will be there to help us crunch these quantum circumstances, these emotional superpositions, of love, of life, of family, of connection. Then again, if these seven Canadian works are any indication, I\u2019m reminded of the power, and prowess, of an active human mind.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><em>Canada\u2019s Not Short on Talent programme is available through the Cannes Short Film Video Library as well as a screening as part of Canada&#8217;s programme on May 22. The participants will attend the Short Film Corner 2023. For more information, contact: ann-marie.picard@telefilm.ca. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-795de94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"795de94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7abd52d\" data-id=\"7abd52d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-297bee5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"297bee5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Jake-Howell-New-Headshot-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-70587\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Jake-Howell-New-Headshot-1.png 250w, https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Jake-Howell-New-Headshot-1-220x220.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23fa58e\" data-id=\"23fa58e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02311e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02311e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>JAKE HOWELL<\/strong><em><br \/><\/em><\/p><p><em>Jake Howell is a Toronto-based writer and freelance film programmer.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A funny thing began in December last year: By the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":76517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-spotlight","posts_festivals-cannes-2023"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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