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- 1 2 3 4 5 “Strawberry Fields Forever: Interview with Ayelet Heller,” Film Threat, September 22, 2008
- 1 2 3 Eye For Film review
- ↑ Gaza strawberry exports Archived 2009-01-22 at the Wayback Machine in 2005–2006 (accessed 24 September 2008)
- 1 2 3 “Mideast films sweep Canadian documentary fest,” Agence France Presse, April 28, 2007
- ↑ “Modena: alla Tenda incontro con Suad Amiry,” Sassuolo 2000, November 11, 2007 (in Italian)
- ↑ “Strawberry Fields,” Cinema Guild