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French Minister of Culture knights Matthias Schoenaerts Fleur Pellerin, the French Minister of Culture, has decided to award Matthias Schoenaerts with the Order of Arts and Letters, a tribute to people who have made themselves noticed in the artistic field. Schoenaerts receives the title of Chevalier.

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Universal Pictures accuses itself of piracy Universal Pictures, the maker of Jurassic World, has discovered that a pirated copy of the latest blockbuster was being distributed from its own computer network. Movie studios usually use automated programs to detect piracy of their works, in this case films.

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Radish Monster stars in the most popular Chinese film ever 'Monster Hunt' broke all records in Chinese cinemas in recent weeks. The film about a baby radish monster with four arms raised almost 200 million euros. The film's success is partly because China has a strict import policy on foreign films.

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Film student delves into the future of French chanson Film student Matthijs Meulblok (Utrecht University) is working on a documentary about the magic and future of French chanson. For the approximately one-hour film, he spoke to musicians and lovers of French song in Paris.

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Documentary by Carin Goeijers about professional football player Boussoufa Paul Ruven has produced a documentary about the Dutch-Moroccan professional footballer Mbark Boussoufa. The producer met the footballer by chance at Los Angeles airport. The film follows Boussoufa during one of the most difficult periods of his life.

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End of VAR: new rules for working with freelancers and self-employed people To tackle false self-employment, State Secretary Wiebes of Finance wants to replace the Employment Relationship Declaration (VAR) with model agreements per sector as of January 1, 2016. Possible self-employment - such as when issuing the VAR - is no longer decisive.

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Result Open Call Literary Games exceeded expectations Out of curiosity about the interaction possibilities between literature and games, the Dutch Literature Fund and the Game Fund launched the Open Call for Literary Games at the end of April.

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Ruut Weisman dismissed complaints as complaints from failed actresses The discredited director Ruut Weisman, affiliated with the Theater School, dismissed the allegations made by a number of women in the Volkskrant two weeks ago as complaints from failed actresses. “I'm sure the people you talked to are not the people who have had success.

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The technology behind 3D films is not nauseating Did you come out of Minions 3D or the IMAX version of Mad Max: Fury Road feeling nauseous and with your head pounding? Don't immediately throw away those glasses. It's not that, it's all in your head. At least that is what a British research team is now claiming.

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Labyrinthus praised at the Italian youth film festival Giffoni Labyrinthus, Douglas Boswell's feature debut, has won the Gryphon 10+ Award, the Grand Prize of the Giffoni International Film Festival (July 17-26). Screenwriter Pierre De Clercq was present to receive the award.

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Louisiana cinema shooter wanted to cause more victims The man who shot two people in a film theater in the American city of Lafayette, Louisiana, would have caused more victims if the police had not acted so quickly. Police strongly suspect that Houser acted alone. The shooter's motive is unclear.

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Lifetime Award for Raoul Servais in Poland Flemish animation pioneer Raoul Servais has received the Crystal Pegasus at the Polish Animator, the Poznan International Animation Film Festival. The prize recognizes the complete oeuvre of Servais, nine of whose short films were shown in a special retrospective.

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