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Cinekid organizes Script LAB Cinekid Script LAB is a four-month script training for writers with a children's film project. Seven projects will be selected for this second edition (2015-2016). The deadline is July 1, 2015.

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Hong Kong gets a pizza box that functions as a projector Pizza Hut delivers pizzas in Hong Kong in boxes that can then be used as projectors. In addition to the food, Pizza Hut also wants to provide entertainment for the evening. The Blockbuster Box has a perforated hole in the side into which the supplied lens fits exactly.

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Short musical feature film 17155 wins Cinema Senior Award The short feature film 17155 by HKU students has won the Cinema Senior Award. The film is the result of conversations between HKU students and elderly people during the Community Songwriting project.

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Master of Film Graduation Show in EYE The Graduation Show of the master students, entitled The Master and the Giant, will take place in EYE and the Tolhuistuin from Saturday 27 June to Friday 3 July. The students will show the results of their research into film.

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Cycling to the Moon premieres after 50 years On June 28, EYE and Guido Frankfurther will present the premiere of the film Cycling to the Moon (Jef van der Heyden, 1963). After more than fifty years, the film can be seen again in a brand new restoration - with atmospheric images of Amsterdam in the early 1960s.

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PAM and Platform Makers call for Copyright Contract Law In a letter to the Senate, PAM and Platform Makers call for speedy approval of the current Copyright Contract Law bill - before the House recess on July 1. The negotiating position of (audiovisual) makers versus their operators is under great pressure.

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Experimental filmmaker in custody for 'art' 61-year-old American artist Joe Gibbons walked into a bank in New York on New Year's Eve. Armed with little more than a video camera, he handed the counter clerks a note asking them to give him money for his church. He walked out with $1,002.

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Zwolle photographer has YouTube hit with Dutch landscapes (video) Zwolle's Rick Kloekke has had a hit with his timelapse video of Dutch landscapes on YouTube. The 21-year-old photographer wants to show that the Netherlands is not boring and is bursting with beautiful places.

broadcastmagazine • 10 j

New transmedia drama series at KRO-NCRV The KRO-NCRV are launching a new transmedia drama series with 4JIM. Viewers are challenged to participate in special assignments via an accompanying app.

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DutchFilmWorks against the arrival of a new arthouse cinema There will soon only be losers if Utrecht goes ahead with plans to build an arthouse cinema in Wijk C. The Utrecht film distributor DutchFilmWorks is warning the municipality about this. "Look before you leap," says director Willem Pruijssers.

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Hungary sends Son of Saul to the Oscars Son of Saul, one of the most critically acclaimed films at this year's Cannes festival, is in the running for an Oscar nomination. Hungary is submitting the critically acclaimed Holocaust drama for the best foreign film category.

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Gluckauf wins prize at Brussels Film Festival The Dutch film Gluckauf won the prize for best screenplay at the Brussels Film Festival on Friday evening. Producer Bind and distributor September Films reported this on Saturday. The award was received by Peek and director Remy van Heugten.

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