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- ↑ "Grand Jury Winners — Atlanta Film Festival". Atlantafilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ↑ "Winnaars 2011 | Cinekid" (in Dutch). Cinekid.nl. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
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- ↑ "WILD BOAR And LOUIS THE FERRIS WHEEL KID At AFI DOCS". international.eyefilm.nl. 2014-05-22.
- ↑ "Instant Dreams". magazine.the-impossible-project.com. 2016-08-31.
- ↑ "312-films-geselecteerd-voor-idfa-2017". biosagenda.nl. 2017-10-09.
- ↑ Heth, Sarah. "SCA to screen documentary 'Instant Dreams' centering on love of Polaroid photography". Holland Sentinel. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
