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- ↑ "Traverse City Film Festival | Awards". www.traversecityfilmfest.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ↑ "Home 26. Internationales Filmfest Oldenburg". Filmfest-oldenburg.de. 2019-09-15. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
