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Candid Cinema – February 19th, 2021 – https://candidxcinema.com/2021/02/19/umama-short-film-interview-with-talia-smith-and-malibongwe-mdwaba/
Deadline – October 21st, 2020 – https://deadline.com/2020/10/student-academy-awards-winners-2020-list-1234577456/
IndieWire – September 15th, 2020 – https://www.indiewire.com/2020/09/2020-student-academy-award-winners-oscars-1234586559/
Variety – October 21st, 2020 – https://variety.com/2020/film/awards/student-academy-awards-winners-1234811905/
BAFTA – May 13th, 2020 – https://www.bafta.org/los-angeles/events-initiatives/news/shortlist-announced-for-2020-bafta-student-film-awards-presented
Merry-Go-Round Magazine – October 5th, 2020 – https://merrygoroundmagazine.com/2020-student-academy-awards-talia-smiths-umama/?fbclid=IwAR10qdPD3CLP08hltQTEE6qb8dtYcD_Q8q4ZHPSmtWD7Y69972NkIqZyTas
Jarcaranda FM – December 2nd, 2020 – https://www.jacarandafm.com/shows/moremusicyoulove-love-too/academy-award-south-african-director/
NYU – October 16th, 2020 – https://tisch.nyu.edu/tisch-research-news-events/news/talia-smith-south-africa-film-umama
The South African – November 26th, 2020 – https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/entertainment/sa-filmmaker-talia-smith-umama-connie-chiume/
Saturday Star – November 29th, 2020 – https://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star/news/talia-smiths-proudly-sa-movie-receives-international-praise-adf92fd3-0ef2-4edc-8104-471076db5204
News Dome – https://newsdome.co.za/sa-filmmaker-talia-smith-receives-international-applause-for-umama/
Expresso Show – December 9th, 2020 – https://youtu.be/uDtjEbQuD8I?t=4378
Channel 24 – December 18th, 2020 – https://www.news24.com/channel/the-juice/news/inside-the-mind-of-a-sa-film-director-and-how-to-break-into-the-industry-20201217