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- ↑ "“Anthropocene”, “Amazing Race Canada” among Canadian Screen Award nominees". RealScreen, February 8, 2019.
- ↑ Malcolm Fraser, "FNC: The First Winter". Cult MTL , October 12, 2012.
- ↑ Jeremy Shepherd, "Cranks captures the weirdness of Winnipeg in black and white comedy". North Shore News, October 3, 2019.
- ↑ Ben Waldman, "Generosity and ghost stories". Winnipeg Free Press , October 28, 2023.
- ↑ Randall King, "Echoes of Winnipeg: Montreal-based filmmaker returns home to unveil latest feature". Winnipeg Free Press , January 28, 2016.
- ↑ "A Look into The Winnipeg Brutalist Manifesto". Gimli Film Festival, May 14, 2020.
