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The Song of the Sea nominated for European Film Awards The animated film the Song of the Sea by Irish filmmaker Tomm Moore is one of the three nominees in the best animated film category for the European Film Awards. The Song of the Sea was co-produced in Belgium. Moore will give a workshop at the KLIK!

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Flemish documentary maker wins Rochester film festival prize Neerpelt resident Michiel Thomas recently won an award for the tenth time with his documentary 'Game Face'. He received the jury prize for best documentary at the Rochester Film Festival in New York.

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7 tips to become successful abroad What is the secret of Dutch artists and creatives who are successful abroad? While foreign success more or less 'happens' to one person, the other consciously chooses to seek out the foreign market.

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Film Fest Ghent offers a professional programme As is the annual tradition, all kinds of activities for and with film professionals take place during the Film Fest Ghent, with filmmakers Benny Vandendriessche, Manu Riche, Jeroen Perceval, Michaël R. Roskam and Caroline Strubbe, among others.

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Flemish films in the spotlight during Film Fest Ghent Under the name Belgian Cinema Today, the Film Fest Ghent, which starts on October 13, offers its visitors a range of Flemish cinema. We see Kevin Janssens, Jeroen Perceval and Veerle Baetens in the leading roles.

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Dutch reactions to Calf article by Flemish journalist Journalist Tim Van der Mensbrugghe went to the Golden Calves gala as a Flemish national and noted in an article in the Volkskrant that they failed to make a party of it.

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Belgian film app Cinemapp is coming to the Netherlands Cinemapp is a Belgian app in which you can search for films in Belgian cities. The app is comprehensive, so you are not tied to a single cinema chain. The app shows the film offerings in cinemas and you can set a selection of these cinemas yourself in the app.

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Interview Rutger Veenstra about One Night Stand The last film in the One Night Stand A film that, despite its sensual undertone, is mainly about the (unannounced) threat to a well-organized existence, says director Rutger Veenstra: "The swirling between reality and thoughts, there is much more to it than a relationship between student and teacher."

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Masterclass youth animation at Cinekid The Masterclass is an exchange of knowledge and skills between animation makers and live-action scriptwriters and filmmakers.

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Johnny Bakru by Ineke Houtman wins LUCAS Award The film JOHNNY BAKRU was named Best Short Youth Film during the LUCAS – International Children's Film Festival. Ineke Houtman's film won the prize during the 38th edition of this prestigious children's film festival.

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Homage to the deceased Chantal Akerman The Belgian director Chantal Akerman recently turned 65. As a tribute, EYE dedicates an evening to the films of Akerman, one of the most important film innovators of the last century. More information about the evening around Akerman in EYE will follow.

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Call training Eurodoc for development and production of documentary projects EURODOC is an eight-month training program consisting of three one-week sessions, focusing on the complete development and production process of documentary projects with international potential, with extra attention to collaboration, partnerships and the artistic ambition of the project.

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