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- ↑ Emirates Film Competition [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Singapore International Film Festival
- 1 2 Berlinale Crystal Bear 2010
- ↑ film info Archived July 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Peace Film Award". Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ↑ German Documentary Award (Deutscher Dokumentarfilmpreis)
- ↑ "German Film Critics Award". Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ↑ from Radio Netherlands: Human rights film festival bestows awards Archived 2011-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
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