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Premiere of The Blue Virgin; international film with a Brabant touch The red carpet was rolled out at the Natlab on Friday evening for the premiere of De Blauwe Maagd, a film from Brabant. The region is well represented, as is evident from the credits of De Blauwe Maagd.

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Latest film Marijn Poels at Docfest Maastricht The new documentary by Marijn Poels from Swolgen will have a preview during the Docfest documentary festival in Maastricht. His film Paradogma can be seen at the Lumière film house on September 29, two weeks before the official premiere.

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Profile: Sjoukje Hooymaayer enjoyed theater life until the last moment Actress Sjoukje Hooymaayer, who died on Wednesday, played in numerous plays, but became nationally known for her role as doctor Lydia van der Ploeg in Zeg 'ns Aaa.

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Director Jos Stelling likes to bring out the boy in himself: 'That pulls you out of your gloom' Film director Jos Stelling (74) founded the Dutch Film Festival, which starts its 38th edition on Thursday. 'Sometimes I say: Let's not release this film. The process of becoming is so beautiful. Not that publicity circus.'

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Film about Borculosis artist scores at American film festival The film 'Visual Light', about the life and work of artist Annemiek Punt, has been selected by the American Golden Door Film Festival. This is more than a month after 'Beeldend Licht' won an American Award of Merit.

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The Bridge Nijmegen - Short film about Nijmegen Diny van der Tol People who are so unique that they are, as it were, 'threatened with extinction', that is the inspiration for a new series of short documentaries from Omroep Gelderland.

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Instagram and Facebook block accounts of Belgian-Dutch film full of nudity The Belgian-Dutch film Wij will be released in Flemish cinemas on Wednesday. Because the film contains a lot of sexually explicit material - penetration, masturbation, oral sex, etc. - social networks Facebook and Instagram blocked the accounts used to promote We.

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Actress Sjoukje Hooymaayer (78) passed away Actress Sjoukje Hooymaayer died on Wednesday. The Zeg 'ns Aaa actress is 78 years old. "She felt carried and supported by so many people," says theater producer Hans Cornelissen, who played her son Gert-Jan in Zeg 'ns Aaa, and announced the news on behalf of her family

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Daan Schuurmans and Nasrdin Dchar play in the Mocro Mafia series Daan Schuurmans, Robert de Hoog, Achmed Akkabi and Nasrdin Dchar play important roles in the new crime series of Videoland Mocro Mafia. Actors Thijs Römer and Achmed Akkabi took the initiative to develop the series.

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'IGTV is not yet a YouTube killer' Facebook launched IGTV (Instagram TV) three months ago to compete with Google's YouTube. NOS reports that Dutch youth are not yet enthusiastic about the new Insta feature.

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Still 40 million for Public Broadcasting Long before Budget Day, De Telegraaf revealed that a one-off amount of 40 million will be made available to compensate for the decline in advertising revenue at the NPO. However, this amount was not included in the million dollar bill.

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Research: '5 million Dutch people not media literate' Almost half of mature Dutch people are not media literate. This is evident from research published today, conducted on behalf of Mediawijzer.net by Kantar Public (former TNS Nipo).

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