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- ↑ Regan Reid, "What made TIFF’s top-10 Canadian movies of 2017?". Playback , December 6, 2017.
- ↑ Jordan Pinto, "Cory Bowles’ Black Cop wins VIFF’s best Canadian feature prize". Playback , October 10, 2017.
- ↑ Drew Hunt, "Which movies to see—and which to skip—at the 50th Chicago International Film Festival". Chicago Reader , October 9, 2014.
- ↑ Jeremy Kay, "TIFF adds special events including new edition of Planet Africa, live talks series". Screen Daily , August 25, 2020.
- ↑ Victoria Ahearn, "Toronto International Film Festival releases Top Ten lists for 2020". Squamish Chief , December 9, 2020.
