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- ↑ Brad Wheeler (December 4, 2015). "Cold Deck: A deal of clichés in poker heist film". The Globe and Mail .
- ↑ Jordan Pinto, "The Dancing Dogs of Dombrova wins best feature at CFF". Playback , March 25, 2019.
