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Netflix buys Belgica Netflix announced in Berlin that it has acquired the exclusive SVOD (subscription video on demand) world rights - with the exception of the Benelux, German-speaking Europe and France - for Felix van Groeningen's Belgica.

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Flemish actor Spencer Bogaert makes American film debut in The Solutrean Spencer Bogaert, the young Flemish actor who made his feature film debut in Douglas Boswell's Labyrinthus, has been cast in the American The Solutrean by director Albert Hughes. The shooting of this mega production will start later this month in Vancouver.

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Finally a penis on television The BBC film adaptation of Tolstoy's War and Peace delivers a new victory in the battle for more dicks on TV. Male nudity on TV just 26 minutes after 9pm: the BBC received hundreds of complaints.

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Lots of Flemish film talent at Berlinale With actress Martha Canga Antonio as one of the 10 European Shooting Stars, films featuring Veerle Baetens and Jan Bijvoet, four participants in the Berlinale Talents initiative and a number of market screenings of Flemish (co)productions during the European Film Market, talent from Flanders is again well represented this year at the Berlin International Film Festival.

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American premiere of Black at SXSW Black, the second film by the director duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, has been invited to SXSW (South By Southwest) in Austin, America. The film will be shown as part of the 'Narrative Spotlight' programme.

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Brother and Problemski Hotel invited to American festival Cinequest Geoffrey Enthoven's latest feature Broer and Problemski Hotel, Manu Riche's feature debut, both have their North American premiere at the Cinequest Film Festival near Silicon Valley, California.

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Best Photography Award for The Land of the Enlightened at Sundance In addition to Belgica, Pieter-Jan De Pue's film debut The Land of the Enlightened also won prizes at the Sundance Film Festival. The film that had its world premiere there won the Prize for Best Photography.

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Two prizes for Black at Ramdam festival Black, the second feature by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, won the Award for Best Film of the Year and the award for Most Disturbing Film of the Year tonight. This happened on the closing evening of the sixth edition of the Ramdam festival in Tournai.

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D'Ardennen in the running for the Audience Award in Glasgow Robin Pront's feature debut D'Ardennen is one of the 10 features that have a chance to win the Audience Award of the Glasgow Film Festival. The special program consists of a selection of first and second films by promising young film talent.

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Café Derby and Paradise Trips in Competition at the Aubagne International Film Festival Café Derby by Lenny Van Wesemael and Raf Reyntjens' Paradise Trips, two Flemish debut films, have been selected for the Feature Film Competition of the Aubagne International Film Festival (March 14-19) in France.

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Sam Louwyck, Wim Willaert and Sebastien Dewaele in Gilles Coulier's Flemish feature debut Sam Louwyck, Wim Willaert and Sebastien Dewaele are the first names known for Cargo, the feature debut of Bevergem director Gilles Coulier. The actors portray three brothers who try to save their family fishing business from destruction.

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Black and D'Ardennen to Goteborg Black, the second feature by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, and Robin Pront's feature debut D'Ardennen have both been invited to the Gothenburg Film Festival (29 January - 8 February) in Sweden.

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