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- ↑ "Palo Alto: Tech zest-blessed fest" Variety September 27, 2012
- ↑ Palo Alto Film Festival Unveils 2011 Slate, IndieWire , August 15, 2011
- ↑ Wallace, Rebecca (September 16, 2011). "Spotlight on the new arts season". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
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