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zamanvandaag • 9 j

Interview with Belgian director Adil El Arbi The success of the Belgian Adil El Arbi seems to know no bounds.

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Wildcard film Kenneth Mercken opens the Leuven Short Film Festival Feel Sad for the Bunny, the short film that Kenneth Mercken made with the support of a VAF Wildcard, opens the Leuven International Short Film Festival on November 27 (November 27 – December 5).

pzc • 9 j

Film about child marriage at the Movies that Matter programme As part of Cinema Middelburg's Movies that Matter program, the 2014 film 'I am Nojoom, age 10 and divorced' will be shown on Tuesday, November 10. The film is spoken in Arabic and has English subtitles.

demorgen • 9 j

Brussels cinemas afraid of 'Black' Some Brussels cinemas fear that riots may occur during the screening of the film Black, and have therefore decided not to program the film. In an intro film, directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah want to calm things down.

tv-visie • 9 j

OUTtv viewers choose best short film Gay Film Festival The LGBT Film Festival starts on Tuesday, November 10, for 18 days in 11 Flemish Brabant municipalities. The entire month of November is a gay film month on both OUTtv Netherlands and OUTtv Flanders.

animatieblog • 9 j

Sixteen animated films compete for the Oscar Once again this year there are many films competing for the Oscar for Best Animated Film. This time, sixteen productions were submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the prestigious gold statue.

destadamersfoort • 9 j

Wildcard SCENECS Film Festival winners announced The Wildcard ceremony took place on Saturday evening, where a Wildcard was awarded to three films, guaranteeing programming during SCENECS 2016. The winners of the Wildcards were in the documentary category; "A Lizard Under The Skin" by Belgian director Maud Neve.

nos • 9 j

Belgian actress Dora van der Groen passed away Belgian stage, film and TV series actress Dora van der Groen (88) has died. Keetje Tippel (1975), Doctor Pulder sows poppies (1975), Antonia (1995) and Pauline and Paulette (2001). Van der Groen was born in Antwerp in 1927. She played her first film role in 1945.

brusselnieuws • 9 j

Flemish Deroy makes documentary about forgotten jazz legend Brussels resident Stan Brenders (1904-1969) played an important role in the heyday of swing and big bands. He made the first Belgian jazz recording in London with Charles Remue and His New Stompers and founded the INR's first jazz orchestra.

mediadesknederland • 9 j

EACEA representative available during IDFA Forum Especially for documentary producers with IDFA Forum accreditation: Julie Vanherck from the Executive Agency of Creative Europe (EACEA), MEDIA unit, will be present during the IDFA Forum and available for appointments in the afternoons of 23, 24 and 25 November regarding the MEDIA call for TV programming.

vaf • 9 j

Three Flemish feature films in Competition in Spanish Gijón The Flemish feature films Black, D'Ardennen and Cafard have been invited to Competition at the Gijón International Film Festival in Spain (November 20-28).

digitalmovie • 9 j

Northern Film Festival announced From November 11 to 15, Leeuwarden will be all about film: the Northern Film Festival will present more than 150 films from Greater Scandinavia and the Low Countries in the Slieker Film and Stadsschouwburg de Harmonie.

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