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SELECT distinct(agatti_films.id), agatti_films.name,agatti_films.u_name as f_u_name, agatti_films.year, agatti_people.name as the_person, agatti_people.id as the_person_id, agatti_people.u_name as the_person_u_name FROM agatti_films, agatti_people where (topic1=148 or topic2=148 or topic3=148 or topic4=148 or topic5=148 or topic6=148 or topic7=148 or topic8=148 or topic9=148 or topic10=148) and agatti_people.id = agatti_films.co_director0 and agatti_films.active=1 order by agatti_films.alpha_name asc limit -25, 25