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- ↑ "For Bruce Sweeney, VIFF is home". The Globe and Mail , September 21, 2013.
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- ↑ "B.C. spotlight shines on Dick Knost; Made-in-B.C. films get the glory at festival gala". Vancouver Sun , October 7, 2013.
