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Brad Pitt presents Hollywood Film Award to Felix van Groeningen Beautiful Boy by Belgian film director Felix van Groeningen won double prizes at the Hollywood Film Awards. The Belgian director won the prize for best breakthrough; lead actor Timothée Chalamet won an award in the best supporting actress category.

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New co-productions in the Netherlands and Flanders supported Six new co-productions between the Netherlands and Flanders receive production support from the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF) and the Dutch Film Fund.

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Belgian film Rosie & Moussa chosen as best film Cinekid The Belgian film Rosie & Moussa by director Dorothée van den Berghe has won the Cinekid Lion for the best children's film. In addition, the Dutch Fighting Girl won prizes.

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Cinekid and VPRO announce top 100 youth films Cinekid and VPRO launched the VPRO Cinekid Top 100 at the 32nd edition of the Cinekid Festival. The Top 100 consists of titles that you must have seen as a child. The Top 100 was compiled by a broad committee of experts.

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'A new 'Daens' is impossible today' Not more films, but better quality. On the eve of the Ghent Film Festival, Erwin Provoost, the new director of the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF), takes a look at his cards for the first time. 'If we want to hold on, the VAF budget would have to double.'

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Instagram and Facebook block accounts of Belgian-Dutch film full of nudity The Belgian-Dutch film Wij will be released in Flemish cinemas on Wednesday. Because the film contains a lot of sexually explicit material - penetration, masturbation, oral sex, etc. - social networks Facebook and Instagram blocked the accounts used to promote We.

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Michiel Romeyn and Max Porcelijn make YEP! for Comedy Central A Monday night and 25 minutes on Comedy Central. That is what actor/comedian Michiel Romeyn and director Max Porcelijn needed for a new show that they wanted to make together.

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Flemish-Dutch film Girl to be seen at Toronto film festival The acclaimed feature debut Girl by Flemish director Lukas Dhont has been selected for the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival that takes place in early September.

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Thijs Römer and Imanuelle Grives in the new series Emperor's Wives Thijs Römer, Matteo van der Grijn, Roeland Fernhout, Imanuelle Grives and Dragan Bakema have been added to the cast of the new Flemish-Dutch drama series Keizersvrouwen. The series was created by Ginn and Maarten Almekinders (Goudkust, Floor Faber).

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$1 billion for American video start-up Living Hollywood legend Jeffrey Katzenberg and former HP CEO Meg Whitman are aiming for a completely new format with NewTV: short videos for smartphones. NewTV - just the working name of the start-up - is sometimes called the new Netflix.

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GirlDjamila first female Youtuber with 1 million subscribers Djamila, known from the YouTube channel MeisjeDjamila, is the first Dutch-speaking female YouTuber with more than 1 million subscribers in the Netherlands and Belgium.

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Belgian production house Hamlet scores online hit with Nike spot The Brussels advertising film production house Hamlet is responsible for the most viewed online commercial of the sports brand Nike. The Chinese video reached 170 million views in five days.

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