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- ↑ "Two films share theme, but miles apart in style". The Globe and Mail , September 30, 1980.
- ↑ "Old sores rubbed in Quebec press over Coffin affair". The Globe and Mail , October 13, 1980.
- ↑ "Journalist nails judge in new Coffin contest". The Globe and Mail , October 14, 1980.
- ↑ "Toronto's Quebec film test offers good, bad and superb". The Globe and Mail , April 18, 1981.
