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- 1 2 "Rookie director's casting search case of blind leading the not-blind". Toronto Star , March 3, 1995.
- ↑ "Genie awards names Lilies best film". Vancouver Sun , November 28, 1996.
- ↑ "Blind ambition pays off for director Sandy Kybartas". Toronto Star , February 2, 1996.
