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Tyrone, United States · Multiple structural red flags — exercise caution before submitting
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The HNA Haibun Film Festival in Tyrone is a distinctive program within Haiku North America that presents short films inspired by haibun, a Japanese hybrid form combining prose and haiku. It is notable as the world’s first haibun film festival and is significant for bringing this literary genre into an international film context through world-premiere screenings and an online release via Moving Poems.
Last updated Aug 27, 2026
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