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Nominations European Film Awards 2013 At the Seville Film Festival, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the nominations for the 26th European Film Awards. The more than 2900 EFA members will choose the final winners.

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Five EFA nominations for 'The Broken Circle Breakdown' The Broken Circle Breakdown has been nominated for five categories of the European Film Awards (EFA). Felix van Groeningen's film has been nominated in each of the five main categories: Best European Film, Director, Screenwriter, Actor and Actress.

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19 animated Oscar candidates This year, nineteen films were submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for a chance to win the coveted Oscar for Best Animated Feature. The nominees will be announced on January 16, 2014.

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Come on, Eddy! Best International Youth Film in Brazil Gert Embrechts' feature film debut Allez, Eddy! received the award for Best International Youth Film at the 37th Mostra Internacional de Cinema of Sao Paulo (18-31 October).

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The New York Times under the spell of Veerle Baetens The performance that Veerle Baetens gives in Felix van Groeningen's The Broken Circle Breakdown is one of the four standout performances in film this winter.

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Already more than 200,000 visitors for The Judgment The Judgment, Jan Verheyen's twelfth feature film, has exceeded the 200,000 visitor mark after just four weeks of play. The counter now stands at 210,185 visitors.

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Caviar signs script development deal for American Clan remake The American channel A&E is preparing a remake of the successful VTM series Clan.

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See you forever and win offline in Abitibi-Témiscamingue To Forever by Nic Balthazar won the Grand Prix Hydro-Québec at the 32nd edition of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival in Rouyn-Noranda, Canada. Peter Monsaert's Offline also won prizes; his feature debut won the Prix Communications et Société.

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Baghdad Messi continues to win prizes Baghdad Messi won two awards at the 8th edition of the Relatos Cortos Festival in Merlo, Buenos Aires; namely Best Short Fiction Film within the competition of 24 international short films, and the Grand Prize of the Jury for Best Film of the festival.

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Marina wins Student Jury Prize in Valladolid, Spain Marina, the long-awaited new feature film by Stijn Coninx, has won the Student Jury Prize at the 58th edition of the Valladolid International Film Festival.

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Argentina may break up media companies The Argentine Supreme Court has ruled that the Argentine government may forcibly break up private media groups if these companies can count more than 35 percent of the population as their audience.

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Toye and Provost selected for AFI Fest Little Black Spiders by Patrice Toye has been selected for the Breakthrough section of the prestigious AFI Fest in Los Angeles.

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