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- ↑ View complete screening schedule of the New Wave entries of the 37th MMFF on PEP.ph
- ↑ MMFF 2016 revamped: 10 important changes to know. Rappler. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ↑ "Metro Manila Film Festival:2010". IMDB. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
- ↑ "Winners of the New Wave category of the 37th MMFF unveiled". pep.ph. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
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