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- ↑ Brandon Barrett, "Star of post-apartheid film Lune delivers unflinching portrayal of bipolar disorder". Pique Newsmagazine , November 12, 2021.
- ↑ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada , February 15, 2022.
- 1 2 Amy Grief, "Toronto actor and playwright explores themes of identity". Canadian Jewish News, October 30, 2015.
- ↑ Karen Fricker, "Human Animals uses creative setting to bring environmental collapse to life"]. Toronto Star , February 27, 2019.
- ↑ Aviva Armour-Ostroff, "'A Day in the Life' with writer and director Arturo Pérez Torres". Toronto Guardian, April 20, 2019.
