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Belgian director wins British Film Festival prizes The film "Couple in a hole" by Tom Geens, a Belgian director who lives and works in Great Britain, has won the main prize at the British film festival in Dinard in Brittany. "Couple in a Hole", a British-French-Belgian co-production, is Geens' second feature film, after "Menteur" from 2008.

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Walloon comedy opens Northern Film Festival The Northern Film Festival, which starts on Wednesday, November 11, opens with the Belgian comedy Je suis mort mais j'ai des amis. It is a French-language road film by the director duo Guillaume & Stéphane Malandrin.

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New distributor releases films with 'a view of the world' From this fall, MOOOV Film Festival in Turnhout will also be involved in the distribution of films in Belgium and the Netherlands. Bert Goessen, former owner of the Cinecitta film theater in Tilburg, is responsible for the Dutch branch of MOOOV.

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Director of award-winning Sint film 'not surprised' The film attracted 250,000 visitors in the cinema and was therefore not the favorite for the audience award. It was more in line with expectations that Michiel de Ruyter (700,000 visitors) or Gooische Vrouwen II (2 million visitors) would win the prize.

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Employees in action for VRT VRT employees have expressed their concerns about the future of the Flemish public broadcaster in an open letter. But we are equally convinced that with the cuts that are now taking place, this will no longer be possible," he said.

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Actress Veerle Baetens can be seen in Un debut prometteur Since this week, Un début prometteur, Emma Luchini's second feature film, has been showing in France. Luchini's Un début prometteur tells the story of Martin who, disillusioned by love, goes back to live with his father.

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Under the Apple Tree wins prizes at NFF Under the Apple Tree by director Erik van Schaaik won the Golden Calf for the Best Short Film. The blackly comic stop-motion film is a co-production of Pedri Animation (Netherlands) and Beast Animation (Belgium).

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Interview with production designer Jan Roelfs Production designer and NFF Master Jan Roelfs heads the art department of major Hollywood productions. He has been determining the look of the film for more than thirty years: from sets to locations, props, clothing and special effects.

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Interview with animator Erik van Schaaik Filmmaker Erik van Schaaik from Arnhem is in the running for a Golden Calf with his horror comedy Under The Apple Tree: "Under The Apple Tree is an animated film. You should know that animation is not a film genre. Think of it as a medium to tell stories.

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Streetlab makers understand frustration about Heel Holland Bakt The young makers of Streetlab say they understand the frustration of Jan Slagter, chairman of broadcaster Max, now that Streetlab and not Heel Holland Bakt are among the three nominees for the Televizierring.

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North American premiere for Cafard in Montreal Jan Bultheels Cafard has been invited to the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montreal, Canada. The epic animated film will be shown in its North American premiere as part of the Panorama program. The film tells the dramatic adventures of wrestler Jean Mordant.

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Project Unknown Family wint WarnierPosta Prize The winners of the HFM Co-Production Platform and the Work-in-Progress selection were announced during the closing evening of the Holland Film Meeting.

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