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Belgium

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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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Flemish documentary Our City wins prize at Namur Film Festival The documentary Our City by the Brussels documentary maker Maria Tarantino won the Prix Spécial du Jury tonight on the closing evening of the 30th edition of the International Festival of French-language Film in Namur.

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Flemish program 'De Blacklist' nominated for an award The Ketnet program 'The Blacklist' was nominated for the prestigious AIB Media Excellence Awards 2015. The program is competing for gold in the Children's Factual Program category. The nominees in other categories include several programs from BBC, CNN and Channel 4.

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PBS America can be seen exclusively in the Netherlands via satellite From October 31, PBS America will broadcast unencrypted via satellite as part of the English TV package Freesat. This makes reception in the Netherlands possible. However, the TV channel will switch to Freesat's unencrypted channel offering on October 31.

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VARA purchases documentary 'The Man Who Mends Woman' VARA has purchased the documentary 'The Man Who Mends Woman' by Belgian director Thierry Michel. The film portrays the impressive work and life of Mukwege. In sixteen years he helped more than forty thousand women.

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