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- ↑ Jayne Pilling, ed. (2012). "On Craig Welch's How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels". Animating the Unconscious: Desire, Sexuality, and Animation. Wallflower Press. ISBN 978-0231161992.
- ↑ "Cannes picks four films from Canada". Toronto Star , April 18, 1992.
- ↑ "The nominees are...". Edmonton Journal , October 20, 1993.
