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Debut Louisiana Mees-Fongang selected for IDFA Director Louisiana Mees-Fongang's debut, How Do You Spell Home, has been selected for the IDFA. The film follows four teenagers from a living group for underage refugees in Mechelen.

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Master and opening film Ostend Film Festival 2024 revealed Gene Bervoets has been announced as Master of the Ostend Film Festival 2024. The festival opens with the film 'Holy Rosita' by director Wannes Destoop. Bervoets has an impressive career and brings a lot of experience and passion for cinema.

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Two co-productions with the Flemish Audiovisual Fund receive a contribution The Dutch Film Fund and the Flemish Audiovisual Fund have awarded contributions to two co-productions. The documentary "Fantastique" and the feature film "Jonah was here" have been selected for financial support.

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Terril wins RTP Special Jury Award at DocLisboa The film Terril has won the RTP Special Jury Award at the DocLisboa festival. The direction and screenplay are by Jorn Plucieniczak. The film was produced by Eurydice Gysel and Koen Mortier for Czar Film & TV. The film was supported by the VAF.

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Call for Belgian delegation CPH:DOX 2024 The Flemish Audiovisual Fund invites interested parties to participate in the Belgian delegation of CPH:DOX 2024. The deadline for registrations is November 9.

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Filming for the second season of Arcadia has started The shooting for the second season of the Dutch-Flemish series Arcadia has started. The well-known cast, including Monic Hendrickx and Maarten Heijmans, returns. The first season was critically acclaimed and the second season is directed by Joël Vanhoebrouck.

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First Cut Lab Belgium and First Cut Lab Netherlands open for submissions First Cut Lab Belgium and First Cut Lab Netherlands have opened their calls for new films for their fourth edition. The initiative has an international team that has been expanded.

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Wil passes the mark of 110,000 Belgian cinema visitors The film adaptation of the bestseller "Wil" by Jeroen Olyslaegers, directed by Tim Mielants, has already attracted more than 110,000 Belgian cinema visitors. The film has been number 1 in Flanders for three weeks and the book is also doing well.

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Volker Bertelmann, Nicholas Britell and Amelia Warner among winners at 23rd World Soundtrack Awards Volker Bertelmann, also known as Hauschka, has been named Film Composer of the Year during the 23rd World Soundtrack Awards at the Film Fest Ghent. He won the prize for his scores for the films War Sailor, Memory of Water and All Quiet on the Western Front.

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'Los delincuentes' by Rodrigo Moreno and music from 'Poor Things' big winners at Film Fest Ghent The film 'Los delincuentes' by director Rodrigo Moreno and the music of 'Poor Things' were the big winners at the 50th edition of the FFG. Other winners included 'A Kind of Testament' by Stephen Vuillemin and 'Beautiful Men' by Nicolas Keppens.

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State of the Union - Angelo Tijssens Angelo Tijssens gives the very first State of the Union during the Film Fest Ghent. He looks back on the fiftieth edition of the festival and notes that time seems to pass faster than he thinks.

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A kind of testament, In anticipation of a solar storm and Oiseau de passage win the short film weekend A Kind of Testament, In attesa di una tempesta solare and Oiseau de passage were the big winners at the short film weekend of the 50th anniversary edition of Film Fest Gent. A Kind of Testament by Stephen Vuillemin won the Award for Best International Short.

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