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- ↑ "Film Review: ‘Another House’". Variety , September 29, 2013.
- ↑ "Canadian Screen Awards: Orphan Black, Less Than Kind, Enemy nominated". CBC News, January 13, 2014.
- ↑ Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine , agency profile at Agence artistique Karine Lapierre.
- ↑ Wendy Ide, "‘Archipelago’: Rotterdam Review". Screen Daily , February 5, 2021.
- ↑ "BlackBerry Leads CSA Nominations" [ permanent dead link ]. Northern Stars, March 6, 2024.
