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- ↑ "Plots collide on College St.". Toronto Star , June 29, 2001.
- ↑ "Planned parenting turns creepy". The Globe and Mail , June 29, 2001.
- ↑ "Festival's Canadian series opens in Maelstrom ; Quirky film by Denis Villeneuve one of 15 homegrown features premiering this year". Toronto Star , July 26, 2000.
- ↑ "‘Memento’ remembered by Toronto crix". Variety , December 19, 2001.
- ↑ "Lists, lists and lists: Tops in video". Peterborough Examiner , December 20, 2001.
- ↑ "Nominees for this year's Genie Awards". Toronto Star , December 13, 2001.
