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- ↑ Sundance Stories of Yore: "Pi"|IndieWire
- ↑ Vice, Jeff (January 30, 2000). "'Girlfight' gets a Sundance KO". Deseret News . Retrieved November 29, 2014.
- ↑ 2000 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
- ↑ Hedwig Film Wins Awards at Sundance Festival|Playbill
- ↑ Sundance Salutes 'The Believer' and 'Hedwig' - ABC News
- ↑ Thirteen Cast Reunites For First Time In 15 Years - Refinery29
- ↑ 'Squid and Whale', a Model of an Indie Film : NPR
- ↑ Ava DuVernay, Sundance Award-Winner for ‘Middle of Nowhere,’ On Why It’s Important That Stories About Black Women Be Told By Black Women|IndieWire
- ↑ Sundance film festival hands prizes to 'dark and grim' films|Sundance film festival|The Guardian
- ↑ "Smoke Signals" and "Swiss Army Man" Celebrate June Birthdays - sundance.org
- ↑ ‘The Last Black Man In San Francisco’ Director On Gentrification – Deadline
- ↑ Hipes, Patrick (February 1, 2020). "Sundance Film Festival Awards: 'Minari' Scores Double Top Honors – The Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 2, 2021). "Sundance Film Festival Awards Winners List: CODA Takes U.S. Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on December 4, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ↑ CODA Is The First Sundance Premiere To Win Best Picture, But Others Have Won Oscars Too|/Film