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- ↑ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada , February 15, 2022.
- ↑ Barry Hertz, "Excellent Canadian-Filipino drama Islands finds beauty in small places: Islands offers tremendous evidence that writer and director Martin Edralin will create something gigantic if he is ever given more than the bare minimum of resources". The Globe and Mail , April 12, 2022.
- ↑ Dino-Ray Ramos, "SXSW Film Festival: ‘The Fallout’ And Docu ‘Lily Topples The World’ Among Jury Award Winners". Deadline Hollywood , March 19, 2021.
