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- ↑ "Interview: Tomer and Barak Heymann talk Who's Gonna Love Me Now?". FilmDoo. 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- ↑ "I Shot My Love". Heymann Brothers Films. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
