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- ↑ Bo & Gustavo Catilina. "Brugs filmkoppel springt in de bres voor de bijen", Brugs Handelsblad, Bruges, 14 November 2014
- ↑ "Brugse cineasten naar filmfestival New York", Het Laatste Nieuws, Bruges, 10 October 2014
- ↑ "Eerste achtervolgingsscène door de Brugse binnenstad" Archived 10 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine , Brugs Handelsblad, Bruges, 8 December 2017
- ↑ "Zoals 'In Bruges', mét achtervolging in centrum ", Het Laatste Nieuws, Bruges, 13 December 2017
