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Fantastic at the Locarno Film Festival The documentary Fantastique by director Marjolijn Prins will have its world premiere at the Locarno Kids Screenings of the prestigious Locarno Film Festival (6–16 August). She trains for a major acrobatics show, but begins to doubt her dream.

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Flemish experimental film at FIDMarseille The Flemish-Croatian experimental film Don't Take It Personally by Jelena Jureša has been selected for FIDMarseille, a major film festival for documentary, fiction and experimental cinema that will take place in the French port city from 8 to 13 July 2025.

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Start shooting of 'Nowadays everyone is called Sorry' The shooting of the film 'Tegennieuwig heet iedereen Sorry', directed by Frederike Migom and based on the book by Bart Moeyaert, has started. The story follows Bianca, an almost 13-year-old girl who struggles with her place in the world during an emotional summer day.

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Young Flemish talent to Palm Springs The Flemish film "Shutterspeed", directed by Jasper De Maeseneer and co-written by Arthur Moelants, has been selected for the Palm Springs film festival. With this film, De Maeseneer wants to give a voice to vulnerable boys.

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Brussels CoproMarket presents 14 European projects The 9th edition of the Brussels CoproMarket will take place on 23 and 24 June during the Brussels International Film Festival. Among the projects are "Thetys Ocean" by Anna Jadowska and "Cherub" by Barbara Rupik.

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Flemish-Dutch comedy series All In will be released on SkyShowtime in 2026 In 2026, SkyShowtime will launch the Flemish-Dutch comedy series "All In", directed by Luk Wyns. The series, starring Katja Schuurman and Diederik Ebbinge, is set in a Spanish all-inclusive resort.

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'Slumdog Millionaire' composer AR Rahman guest of honour at 25th World Soundtrack Awards AR Rahman, known for his work on 'Slumdog Millionaire', is guest of honour at the 25th World Soundtrack Awards. Rahman, who started his career with the film 'Roja', opened his own studio, Panchathan Record Inn, and worked with directors such as Mani Ratnam.

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Just Jools from Ket & Doc goes international The documentary "Just Jools" from the Ket & Doc project, which was set up in 2018 by the Flemish Audiovisual Fund, Ketnet and JEF, has received international recognition.

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Young Flemish film talent to Palm Springs The short fiction film "Shutterspeed", directed by Jasper De Maeseneer, will have its world premiere in Palm Springs. The film, a master project by De Maeseneer at RITCS School of Arts, follows 15-year-old Cas who seeks connection during a school trip to the sea.

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New writing talents selected for second edition of Streamz Academy Streamz Academy has selected seven new screenwriters, including three duos, to participate in their development program for the second edition. Ultimately, one concept will be realized as a Streamz Original.

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Screen Flanders supports 7 projects with two million euros Screen Flanders is supporting seven projects with two million euros, including the mini-series "Die Flut" (The Flood) by Nikolaus Stein Von Kamienski. This series is about four young people who are affected by the flooding in the German Ahr valley in 2021.

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Don't Take It Personally invited to FIDMarseille Filmmaker Jelena Jureša's film "Don't Take It Personally" has been invited to FIDMarseille. The film concert addresses themes such as historical denial and collective violence, and critiques capitalism and greed.


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