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New film by Fien Troch selected for Venice Film Festival: 'I could only dream of this' Fien Troch's film "Holly" will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The film tells the story of fifteen-year-old Holly, who seems to have predicted a school fire and is therefore being watched. The Belgian release is scheduled for November 22.

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Floating with Spirits from Juanita Onzaga to Venice Belgian-Colombian filmmaker Juanita Onzaga brings her latest VR experience, Floating with Spirits, to the Venice Immersive program. Onzaga not only provided the screenplay and direction, but also the camera work.

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Seven Belgian feature films have won the support of screen.brussels The regional investment fund screen.brussels will support seven Belgian feature films, including films by Guérin Van de Vorst and Sophie Muselle, Marta Bergman and Cesar Diaz. The films promise to generate more than €8 million in audiovisual expenditure in Brussels.

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Two co-productions selected for Film Fund contribution in collaboration with Flemish Audiovisual Fund The Flemish Audiovisual Fund and the Netherlands Film Fund have selected two co-productions for a contribution. The documentary "Last Letters From My Grandma" by director and screenwriter Olga Lucovnicova receives a contribution of €50,000.

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Call for European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films The Flemish Audiovisual Fund calls for the submission of long cinematographic works by a Ukrainian director, in collaboration with a producer from one of the ESFUF countries. Deadline: September 1, 2023.

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Zeno Graton on Le Paradis In his film "Le paradis", Belgian director Zeno Graton chooses to normalize unabashed gay love, instead of letting characters suffer because of their sexual orientation.

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Podcast about 50 years of Film Fest Ghent In the podcast FFG Rewind, Ben Van Alboom goes in search of the people who have made history at Film Fest Gent. Directors Lukas Dhont and Stijn Coninx, actress Natali Broods and film journalists Roel Van Bambost and Patrick Duynslaegher, among others, will speak.

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Belgian film 'Hasta la Vista' is being remade in Indonesia, Bollywood and France The Belgian film 'Hasta la Vista' by director Geoffrey Enthoven will be remade in Indonesia, Bollywood and France. The film tells the story of three friends with a physical disability who want to lose their virginity.

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Christina Vandekerckhove shoots first feature film 'Milano' Christina Vandekerckhove makes her debut as a director with the feature film 'Milano'. Production was postponed several times due to the corona pandemic. Vandekerckhove took the opportunity to familiarize himself with the world of the deaf and to learn sign language.

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Pilot program Eurimages for TV series The Flemish Audiovisual Fund has launched a pilot program in collaboration with Eurimages to stimulate international collaborations in the audiovisual sector.

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Close trio among new Academy members Lukas Dhont, director of the film Close, is one of the new members of the Academy.

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Six Flemish projects selected for New Dawn In this second round, New Dawn selected six projects to receive support, five of which are from Belgium and four are mainly Flemish productions. An independent committee selected one documentary and five feature films from a total of 53 applications.

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