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- ↑ "Festival de Cannes 2015 - ASARA REHOVOT MEA ETSIM (Ten Buildings Away) de Miki POLONSKI" . Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ↑ "70th Locarno Film Festival - 2017" . Retrieved 7 September 2020.