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Kristof Hoornaert starts shooting feature film debut Resurrection Today the shoot of Resurrection, the feature debut of author-director Kristof Hoornaert, starts in Brussels. We see Johan Leysen and Gilles De Schryver in the leading roles. Hoornaert previously made a name for himself with short films such as Caïn and Empire.

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Flemish animation sector presents itself in Annecy The Flemish animation sector will receive a special platform for the first time during the Annecy International Animation Festival.

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The Royal Belgian Film Archive celebrates Lydia Chagoll's 85th birthday The Royal Belgian Film Archive will soon organize a meeting with the filmmaker on the occasion of Lydia Chagoll's 85th birthday, followed by a screening of the film Frans Buyens-Lydia Chagoll.

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King Baudouin Foundation supports expansion of e-Mission to film training The King Baudouin Foundation supports the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF) in rolling out its e-Mission operation to the various film courses at Flemish colleges.

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No more Teletext on Belgian TV The Flemish with a love for Teletext can only indulge today. At midnight, the Belgian broadcaster VRT will pull the plug on the service. The broadcaster announced in January that it would stop using Teletext, because visitor numbers are declining rapidly.

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Preview documentary about Theo van den Boogaard at Stripdagen Haarlem The documentary The Four Winters by Theo van den Boogaard will soon be shown in De Filmschuur in Haarlem as part of the Comic Strip Days. It will then be broadcast as part of The Hour of the Wolf on NPO 2.

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nWave releases animated film The Son of Bigfoot in 2017 At nWave Pictures, the Belgian animation studio behind Robinson Crusoe, The House of Magic, Sammy's Adventures and Fly Me to the Moon, they were inspired by folklore to make The Son of Bigfoot.

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Petition for a fairer internet published This year the European Commission will decide how it wants to reform European copyright. We would like to draw attention to the fact that online platforms such as Facebook earn a lot of money from copyrighted material, without paying anything to rights holders.

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Which Dutch comic can be made into a film? Following the release of the Marvel film De Jongh's graphic novel The Return of the Honey Buzzard is currently being filmed as a Telefilm.

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Why Hollywood Discriminates (and Won't Just Stop) #Hollywoodsowhite pretty much summed up the mood around the Oscars ceremony early this year, when only white actors were nominated for the second consecutive year. And in recent weeks, the complaint has once again been flying across the internet.

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Cannes report by Chris Oosterom, artistic director of Imagine Anyone looking for new films for Imagine 2017 may not think of Cannes first. After all, the most important festival in the world is best known for its red carpets, glamor and abundance of stars.

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British premiere for Belgian film Black in Edinburgh Black by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah will receive its British premiere during the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The contemporary Romeo & Juliet story was selected in the European Perspectives section, a selection of the best European films.

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