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- ↑ "Toronto Adds 75+ Titles To 2013 Edition". Indiewire. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ↑ "B.C. spotlight shines on Dick Knost; Made-in-B.C. films get the glory at festival gala". Vancouver Sun , 7 October 2013.
