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- ↑ Odile Tremblay, "Des vedettes, des films et des inquiétudes au 46e TIFF". Le Devoir , September 9, 2021.
- ↑ Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada’s Top Ten films of 2021" Archived 2021-12-06 at the Wayback Machine . Now , December 6, 2021.
- ↑ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada , February 15, 2022.
