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British actor and screenwriter Colin Welland (81) has died British actor and screenwriter Colin Welland has died at the age of 81 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Welland acted in films such as "Kes", "Straw Dogs" and "Sweeney!" and wrote the screenplay for the four-Oscar-winning British film "Chariots of Fire."

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Italian director reveals: "I know who killed Pier Paolo Pasolini" Italian director David Grieco has announced in an interview with De Spiegel that he will reveal who murdered director Pier Paolo Pasolini in his film "La macchinazione". Various conspiracy theories have circulated in recent decades, but no evidence has ever been found.

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VIP concept and Dolby Atmos at the new Pathé Maastricht After Arnhem, the opening of Pathé Maastricht is the second of the cinema group in a short time. This means that Pathé is not inferior to the expansion drive of competitors JT and Kinepolis. The halls are partly underground.

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Belgian director Mielants directs 3rd season of BBC series Peaky Blinders Tim Mielants directs the third season of Peaky Blinders, the historical BBC2 gangster drama that can currently be seen on Acht and via Netflix.

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Short Zeeland film 'Where we Belong' wins Golden Starfish 17-year-old filmmaker Jade van der Moere from Goes has won the Golden Starfish with the short film 'Where we belong'. This was announced on Monday evening in CineCity in Vlissingen. Filmstarz is held every year for young filmmakers.

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Results of call for Support for Selective Distribution published The European Commission has published the results of the call for Support for Selective Distribution. A total of EUR 6,110,700 was awarded to European films for non-national distribution in this round.

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Zoomin.TV buys linear TV channel WildHitz after bankruptcy Zoomin.TV takes over the activities of the Dutch music platform WildHitz for an unknown amount and starts linear television. The company behind the channel RTV20 BV went bankrupt at the beginning of October. Nothing came of that.

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771,000 euros in support from Eurimages for three Dutch co-productions Two majority Dutch and one minority film receive European realization support from Eurimages. This was decided during the last meeting of the Eurimages co-production fund in Tbilisi after selection from 31 film projects.

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Drama Directory Update Published Ireland's Creative Europe/MEDIA Desk has published another update to the Drama Directory. This guide contains contact details of drama commissioning editors and buyers in 18 European countries. The list was compiled with the help of the Creative Europe/MEDIA network.

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D'Ardennen and Copain in competition in Les Arcs Robin Pront's feature debut D'Ardennen is part of the Official Competition of the European Film Festival of Les Arcs and thus has a chance to win the Crystal Arrow, the main prize of the festival.

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Belgian film Labyrinthus won twice at the Chicago film festival Labyrinthus, Douglas Boswell's feature debut, won two awards last night at the 32nd Chicago International Children's Film Festival (October 23-November 1), including the important Children's Jury Prize. The director was on site to receive the awards.

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Jakob Verbruggen directs season finale House Of Cards for Netflix Belgian Jakob Verbruggen directs the two final episodes of the fourth season of the American top series House Of Cards. Jakob Verbruggen had his breakthrough as a director with Code 37, the VTM series and feature film.

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