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- ↑ ALFF Redux: Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment - Events : Events
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: 50 ans". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
- ↑ IDFA