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- ↑ "Short Sweet Film Fest: 40-plus films". The Cleveland Plain Dealer. February 21, 2014.
- ↑ Niesel, Jeff. "150 Films to Screen at Next Week's Short.Sweet.Film Fest". Cleveland Scene. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- ↑ "About Us". Short. Sweet. Film Fest. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
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