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- ↑ Lauren Malyk, "Five Canadian shorts headed to Sundance". Playback , December 4, 2018.
- ↑ T'cha Dunlevy, "Dunlevy: Throat-singing Nunavik teens are stars of Sundance". Montreal Gazette , January 31, 2019.
- ↑ Lorry Kikta, "Throat Singing in Kangirsuk". Film Threat , January 30, 2019.
- ↑ Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada's top 10 films of 2019". Now , December 11, 2019.
