{"id":97975,"date":"2026-09-02T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T06:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luccafilmfestival.it\/short-film-competition-2025-2\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T17:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:34:45","slug":"short-film-competition-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.luccafilmfestival.it\/en\/short-film-competition-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Film Competition 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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