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and screened over 40 international film festivals. The short received critics acclaim and nominated Arthur for many awards as well as Best
Animation Award at the Ghana Movie Awards 2016. The poetry won the award for the Best Spoken Piece film at the Real Times Film Festival in 2016. At the Annecy
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