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- ↑ "The Vancouver International Film Festival has officially kicked off". Daily Hive , September 27, 2018.
- ↑ Adrian Mack, "Finding Big Country is the People’s Choice as VIFF closes with awards ceremony". The Georgia Straight , October 12, 2018.