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Cinekid opening film and Best Children's Film selection announced Cinekid, the world's largest media festival for children, opens its 33rd edition on Wednesday, October 16 with the Dutch premiere of BINTI, a Flemish-Dutch co-production of Bulletproof Cupid and Family Affair Films and the feature debut of award-winning short film director Frederike Migom.

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Belgian directors responsible for new Netflix series The new Netflix series Into the Night will be released worldwide next year. The six-part series is directed by the Belgians Inti Calfat and Dirk Verheye. The cast comes from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Turkey, among others.

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Fajah Lourens takes over the film role of arrested Imanuelle Grives Fajah Lourens has managed to score a role in the film Suriname. She takes over from Imanuelle Grives, who was actually supposed to take on that role but was arrested for drug possession at the Belgian festival Tomorrowland.

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Murdoch steps into virtual reality James Murdoch, the youngest son of media tycoon and billionaire Rupert Murdoch, is making one of his largest investments ever. He pumps 20 million dollars (17.7 million euros) into the virtual reality company The Void, writes the Bloomberg news agency.

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Berlusconi junior speeds up European TV platform Pier Silvio Berlusconi, the CEO of Mediaset and the son of the ex-prime minister, wants to convince media groups such as TF1 and ITV to form a European front against Netflix and Amazon.

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Berlusconi's media set moves to the Netherlands The media group Mediaset of the Italian entrepreneur-politician is moving to the Netherlands. Mediaset, the company of media magnate and former Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, will formally establish itself in the Netherlands.

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Flemish production houses are sounding the alarm bells The Flemish production houses warned on Friday in De Morgen about a crisis that threatens the entire sector. The causes are the faltering tax shelter, savings at the channels and heavy competition. The cause of this crisis is a combination of circumstances.

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Flemish Film Fund asks for extra money for screenwriters and young directors Flemish films attracted more than 2 million visitors to the cinema in 2018, or an increase of 38 percent compared to the previous year. That money should be spent on screenwriters and young, talented filmmakers who are left out in the cold today.

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'Advertising works better on TV than on Facebook' In recent years, the advertising world has been in favor of the hyper-focused algorithms of Facebook and Google to address their customers more personally. Television channels watched with dismay as the Internet became the new advertising mecca.

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Agnès Varda died at the age of 90 Agnès Varda has died in Paris at the age of 90. Filming is her amor mundi, her love letter to the world.

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Marco Beltrami central guest at World Soundtrack Awards 2019 Marco Beltrami is central guest World Soundtrack Awards at Film Fest Ghent 2019On October 18, the World Soundtrack Awards welcomes Marco Beltrami, two-time Oscar-nominated composer and one of the most brilliant film composers of his generation.

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Netflix opens lobby office in Brussels Netflix has recently started a European offensive. In addition to its European headquarters in Amsterdam, the American company already has an office in London, a production site in Spain and will soon have an office in Paris.

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