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- ↑ "Walk with Me". Trust Nordisk. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ "Three films on Denmark's Oscar shortlist". Danish Film Institute. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
