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Camera company Gopro makes an IPO Gopro has made its IPO. The company is known for its popular small action cameras. The company will go public for 100 million dollars, under the name GPRO. The company had a turnover of almost $ 1 billion last year, on which it made a profit of about $ 60.6 million.

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Six ultra-short animated films made as part of the 12 minutes about peace project will have their international premiere at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival (9-14 June). The six are shown as part of 'The Great War', a special program of animated films with the First World War as a common thread. Starting this week, film professionals from all over the world can get acquainted with the full series of 12 one-minute films in the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival. Six ultra-short animated films made as part of the 12 minutes about peace project will have their international premiere at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival (9-14 June).

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Production houses Eyeworks and Savage Film join forces The Flemish production houses Savage Film and Eyeworks Belgium announced at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival that they will work closely together in the future. This was reported by the American film magazine Variety.

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Marina wins main prize in Emden-Norderney Stijn Coninx's feature film Marina was awarded the Bernhard Wicki Award, the main prize awarded by the public, at the Emden-Norderney Film Festival in Germany (7-14 May). Stijn Coninx came to receive the award personally.

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Four Flemish television makers nominated for Rockie Awards Plankton Invasion - Operation Total Block by Joeri Christiaen, the VTM sitcom Safety First by Tim Van Aelst, the deMENSEN program The Perfect Couple (one) and The Fall, directed by Jakob Verbruggen for the BBC, have all been nominated for a Rockie Award from the World Media Festival in Banff, Canada (June 8-11).

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Telescope award for The Hero and Falko, letters of fire In the annual Telescope collaboration, NPO, CoBO and the Dutch Film Fund have selected the feature films De Held and Falko Letters van Vuur. The Hero is by director Antoinette Beumer, screenwriter Marjolein Beumer and producer Millstreet Films.

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Why Flemish films are not popular in the Netherlands Flemish feature films receive Oscar nominations, good reviews, prizes abroad and attract many visitors in their own country. Yet the Dutch cinema audience does not like them. 'If it was rubbish, you could still make some peace with it.'

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Waiting for August wint International Feature Award Teodora Mihai's documentary feature Waiting for August won the Best International Feature Award last night at Hot Docs, Toronto's renowned international documentary festival (April 24 - May 4). The director accepted the award personally.

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Golden Film for Lucia de B. On Friday, May 2, director Paula van der Oest and actress Ariane Schluter were surprised by Lucia de Berk with a Golden Film for the film LUCIA DE B. The film has attracted more than 100,000 visitors to the cinema since its cinema release on Thursday, April 3.

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'AT&T wants to pay billions for DirecTV' The US pay TV market has been in turmoil lately. In February, the largest US cable companies, Comcast and Time Warner Cable, announced they would merge in a transaction worth $45 billion.

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Planning a new incentive measure The international launch of the Film Production Incentive in combination with the Netherlands Film Commission is scheduled for May 16, 2014 during the Cannes Film Festival.

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Tribeca Film Festival awards montage Ne me quitte pas The documentary Ne me quitte pas by Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels van Koevorden was awarded the prize for Best Editing of a documentary during the leading Tribeca Film Festival (April 16-27).

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