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- ↑ Alex Southey, "Her Friend Adam (Review)". Hollywood North Magazine, January 17, 2017.
- ↑ "TIFF announces lineup for Canada's Top 10 Film Festival". CBC News, December 7, 2016.
- ↑ Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Ben Petrie’s The Heirloom to world premiere at IFFR". Playback , January 10, 2024.
- ↑ Economou, Vassilis (December 17, 2024). "The Berlinale announces the first Berlinale Special, Panorama and Generation titles". Cineuropa . Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- ↑ Johanna Schneller, "Filmmaker Grace Glowicki on breaking norms and the secret to shooting 13-15 pages of script a day". CBC Arts, May 14, 2021.
