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Flemish series the divine monster gets an American remake The ten-part drama series The Divine Monster, based on the trilogy by Tom Lanoye, is getting an American remake. Producer-screenwriter Silvio Horta (Ugly Betty) and director and Prison Break producer Brett Ratner join forces for the American remake.

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Black wins Audience Award Film Fest Ghent Black by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah has won the Port of Ghent Audience Award at the Film Fest Ghent. The festival just announced this. The prize includes a distribution premium of 5,000 euros. Black received the highest appreciation from the festival audience.

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New trade union DAMD for animators and motion design pros founded Casper de Kiefte is senior arts director of FNV KIEM and originally an animator. He is one of the initiators. 'In the Netherlands you also see the increase in animated films, games and visual effects in regular films. A real industry is slowly starting to emerge.

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Black in official competition at Tallinn Film Festival Black, the second feature film by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, will have its European premiere at the Black Nights Film Festival (13-29 November) in the Estonian capital Tallinn.

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Rugged nature in the cinema in the Wildlife Film Festival Organizing a nature film festival requires having a sense of timing, because nature is popular. The rough variant in particular was evident from the success of De Nieuwe Wildernis over the Oostvaardersplassen.

volkskrant • 10 j

Dutch documentary Little Angels best in Europe The Dutch documentary Little Angels by Marco Niemeijer won a Prix Europa in Berlin on Friday for the best European television documentary.

entertainmentbusiness • 10 j

Hester Aalberts new sales director TV Entertainment One Benelux Entertainment One Benelux has a new sales director for TV. Hester Aalberts will start at the film distributor on October 26. Aalberts will be responsible for sales of the entire film package in the Benelux for both TV and digital, and will manage both departments.

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Belgian animator Raoul Servais receives a career award in Zagreb Belgian animation pioneer Raoul Servais will be honored at the Animafest in Zagreb next year. The 87-year-old Servais will receive a lifetime achievement award. The exhibition "The World of Raoul Servais", currently running in Ghent, will also be shown in Zagreb.

tv-visie • 10 j

Japanese award for docuseries 'Human Rights' It was recently announced that 'IKON Mensjesrechten' has won the international Unicef Japan Prize with the documentary 'How Ky became Niels'. This documentary premiered last season.

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Sirin Zahed receives Award for Best Actress in New York The Flemish-Turkish actress Sirin Zahed, who plays the leading role in Kadir Balci's feature film Marry Me, has won the Best Actress Prize at the Chelsea Film Festival in New York for her performance as Sibel Koç.

wereldjournalisten • 10 j

Arab Camera Festival opens with a road film from the Emirates The Arab Camera festival starts on November 12 with the road film from the Emirates From A to B. The Arab Camera Festival in Rotterdam aims to bring Eastern and Western culture closer together.

TW • 10 j

Arnhem unveils largest IMAX screen in the Netherlands The Pathé Arnhem was officially opened on October 20. One of the nine halls in the new cinema complex has the largest IMAX screen in the Netherlands: 12 by 21 m.

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