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There is no longer any doubt that Hollywood dialogue is driving AI Hollywood dialogue is being used to train AI systems, according to research from The Atlantic. Companies like Apple and Anthropic have used more than 53,000 films and 85,000 TV episodes, including dialogue from well-known works like The Godfather and Alf.

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Netflix offices in Paris and Amsterdam searched by tax fraud investigators Netflix’s offices in Paris and Amsterdam have been searched by tax fraud investigators, Reuters and the French news agency AFP reported. The searches took place on the same day, including at Netflix’s EMEA headquarters in Amsterdam.

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Major reorganization at Disney: Chairman gone, new CEO coming soon Disney announces that Mark Parker, the current chairman of the board, will step down at the end of the year and will be replaced by Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman in 2025. This marks the fourth chairman change in just over three years.

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Zagreb Film Festival announces its programme The 22nd edition of the Zagreb Film Festival, taking place from 4-10 November in the Croatian capital and online at croatian.film, has been announced. Nine films will compete for the Golden Pram Award.

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IDFA reveals its complete competition line-ups The 37th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the world’s largest documentary film festival, opens on November 14, 2024 with Piotr Winiewicz’s “About a Hero.” This year, the festival features 250 documentary titles, including 12 titles in the International Competition that transcend personal histories to offer reflections on our contemporary world.

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DOK Leipzig announces its full line-up The 67th edition of DOK Leipzig, one of the largest European documentary film festivals, has announced its full line-up. The festival, which takes place from 28 October to 3 November, will screen 73 feature and short films, including 33 world premieres.

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The Bear and Shogun are big winners at Emmy Awards At the 76th Annual Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, "The Bear" and "Shogun" emerged as the big winners. "Shogun" was notable for becoming the first non-English-language series to win the award for best drama series, with a total of 18 awards, including best actor and actress for Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai. "The Bear" took home 11 awards, including best comedy actor for Jeremy Allen White. "Hacks" won the Emmy for best comedy, and "The Traitors," the American version of "The Traitors," was named best reality program. "Baby Reindeer" received six Emmys, with Richard Gadd winning the award for best actor in a miniseries.
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Belgium

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Holy Rosita in competition at Torino Film Festival The film "Holy Rosita", directed by Wannes Destoop and starring Daphne Agten, Jos Geens, and others, has been selected for competition at the Torino Film Festival in Italy.

filmkrant • 2 d

IDFA 2024: Mathijs Poppe on The Jacket Mathijs Poppe makes his debut at IDFA 2024 with "The Jacket", a film that explores the life of Jamal Hindawi, a Palestinian political theatre maker in the Lebanese refugee camp Shatila.

vertigoweb • 3 d

Ostend Film Festival 2025 reveals master and theme Filmfestival Oostende (FFO) celebrates its seventeenth edition in 2025 with actress and director Charlotte Vandermeersch as Master. Vandermeersch chooses the theme SUPER NATURAL, which explores the relationship between natural and supernatural forces.

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VAF Intendant Koen Van Bockstal resigns early Koen Van Bockstal, director-intendant of the VAF, has decided to end his mandate prematurely for health reasons. This decision, taken in consultation with the VAF, makes it impossible for him to fully exercise his function.
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Netherlands

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New Flodder family spin-off in the making: Kees Flodder There will be a new spin-off of the Flodder family, titled Kees Flodder. This has been confirmed by a spokesperson of production company NewBe. It is still unclear whether old actors will return and on which platform the series will appear.

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Maral Mohsenin new director of Eye Collection Maral Mohsenin will be the new Director of Collection & Knowledge Sharing at Eye as of 1 February 2025, succeeding Giovanna Fossati. Mohsenin, born in Tehran in 1988, has a background in the restoration and conservation of film heritage and film programming.

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IDFA: interview with IDFA DocLab head Caspar Sonnen On the eve of the 18th edition of IDFA DocLab, director Caspar Sonnen speaks enthusiastically about the event and its opening with Piotr Winiewicz's About A Hero, an AI-generated film inspired by Werner Herzog.

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Amsterdam firefighters contribute to Amsterdamned 2 The Amsterdam-Amstelland Fire Department (BAA) is participating in the shooting of Amsterdamned 2, the sequel to Dick Maas' 1988 thriller. Commander Tijs van Lieshout and spokesperson Carmen Westra even make a mini appearance.
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