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- ↑ Lafont, Isabel (27 June 2009). ""Llevar cine español a EE UU es una utopía, pero se puede"". El País (in Spanish).
- 1 2 The Museum of Modern Art [ dead link ]
- ↑ Harvard Film Archives hcl.harvard.edu
- ↑ "Queda inaugurada la 'Spanish Cinema Now', la muestra anual del cine español en Nueva York". El Mundo (in Spanish). 5 December 2003.