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- 1 2 "Funding Your Short Film". Film4. Archived from the original on 7 November 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ↑ "David Yates on Harry Potter". filmlondon.org.uk. Film London. 23 December 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ↑ Eye for Film: Rank