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- ↑ "Avanca '05 Prizes List". Festival Avanca. Archived from the original on 2009-06-22.
- ↑ "Short Film Awards, 2007". Berlin Film Festival.
- ↑ "2007 films". Brooklyn Film Festival.
- ↑ "2007 Palm Springs International Festival Of Short Films & Short Film Market Announces Festival Winners". Palm Springs International Short Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2008-04-20.
- ↑ "Winners and Jury". Flanders International Film Festival.
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