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- ↑ "A thumbnail look at some of the 40 Canadian short subjects being screened at this year's Toronto International Film Festival". Canadian Press, September 16, 2004.
- ↑ Jay Stone, "Big, small get Genie nods". Kingston Whig-Standard , February 9, 2005.
