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- ↑ "Interview with Esben Storm", Signis, 22 August 1995 Archived 3 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 21 November 2012
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- Murray, Scott, ed. (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin/AFC. p. 308. ISBN 1-86373-311-6.
