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- ↑ Phoebe Knight, "Movie about Ontario Place getting world premiere at TIFF". BlogTO , August 12, 2024.
- ↑ Barry Hertz, "TIFF 2024: Ontario Place documentary, Palestinian anthology shot inside Gaza lead festival’s non-fiction slate". The Globe and Mail , August 7, 2024.
- ↑ Etan Vlessing, "Eddie Huang, Raoul Peck, Steve Pink Films Join Docs Lineup at Toronto Film Fest". The Hollywood Reporter , August 7, 2024.
- ↑ Jeremy Kay, "Blue Ice Docs acquires Canadian rights to TIFF doc ‘Your Tomorrow’". Screen Daily , August 13, 2024.
