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Soon you'll be making 'cinema-quality' video with your smartphone Smartphone cameras have become so good that they are even used to shoot feature films. For example, the film Tangerine was a hit at the annual Sundance Film Festival. The film was shot with an iPhone 5S. However, the quality can be much better.

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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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Cineville expands to De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort From November 5, film lovers can also go to the films in Amersfoort with the Cineville pass. From then on, you can watch films like 17,000 other Cineville members in the De Lieve Vrouw film theater in Amersfoort and the 35 other Cineville theaters in sixteen cities.

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Rotterdam hosts MTV EMA 2016 The MTV European Music Awards will be presented next year in Ahoy Rotterdam. The port city hosts one of the largest music events worldwide: MTV EMA 2016. MTV EMA 2015 took place on Sunday at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan.

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HKU alumnus wins prize at Los Angeles film festival Filmmaker Laura Torenbeek won prizes last week at the LA Femme film festival in Los Angeles. She won in the 'Best Student Short' category for her film Leaves in Fall. Torenbeek graduated from the HKU Audiovisual Media course in 2013.

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The Art of Impact comes with an Impact Award On December 14, The Art of Impact will award an art prize for non-artists for the first time: the Impact Award. Whoever wins has shaped the collaboration between an artist and an organization in an inspiring way and thus made an impact on a social issue.

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Design award for digital documentary about refugee camp Cartoonist Jan Rothuizen, photographer Dirk Jan Visser and multimedia maker Martijn van Tol received the 'future prize' of the Dutch design week this weekend. Or actually by a detailed version of the camp.

numrush • 9 j

View virtual reality in a different way on the VPRO Peepshow A flashy red tent from the VPRO stood at Strijp-S, the technological and smart heart of the Dutch Design Week. The Peepshow is a production of the VPRO Medialab, which was founded at the beginning of April and is located in Eindhoven at Strijp-S.

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The curtain falls on the Gorinchem film festival The Film Front Festival in Gorinchem will cease to exist after 16 years. The organization has decided that. Not being able to say goodbye should not be an argument."

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Open Call Incentive Fund South by Southwest 2016 The Creative Industries Fund NL is calling on makers from the e-culture, film and game industries to submit a proposal aimed at the 'Interactive' or 'Digital Domain' program components of the South by Southwest festival (SXSW) 2016.

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Fines for secretly watching probably won't happen that quickly The chance that users of Popcorn Time or other illegal viewing services will soon receive a fine in the mail is small. They are not eager to deliver their customers.

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Leidseplein theaters raise tens of thousands of euros for refugees Theaters and stages around Leidseplein in Amsterdam will donate their proceeds to the Dutch Council for Refugees on Wednesday. More than 36,700 euros have already been raised during the evening.

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