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- ↑ Mark Hanson, "This House Review: Hope, Grief, and a Ghost Story". Point of View , April 30, 2022.
- ↑ "Le premier film de Miryam Charles, sélectionné à la Berlinale". Ici Radio-Canada, January 18, 2022.
- ↑ Radheyan Simonpillai, "Canada’s Rising Screen Stars: Miryam Charles". Now , April 6, 2022.
- ↑ "JEAN-MARC VALLÉE DGC DISCOVERY AWARD LONG LIST DROPS AT VISIONARIES" Archived 2022-09-29 at the Wayback Machine . Yahoo! Movies , September 11, 2022.
- ↑ Pat Mullen, "Three Feature Docs Make Canada’s Top Ten". Point of View , December 8, 2022.
