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Popcorn Time is a threat to new media such as Netflix Popcorn Time poses an increasing threat to on-demand services such as Netflix and Videoland. Young people in particular use the free but illegal on-demand service a lot. This is evident from a study by the Dutch agency SAMR.

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Mediadesk places planning subsidy calls The Executive Agency (EACEA) in Brussels recently published the (provisional) planning of the Creative Europe/MEDIA grant calls. The grant calls are divided into the following subgroups: Producers, Distribution & Exhibition, Training, Promotion and Festivals and Funds.

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Macedonia joins Creative Europe, Ukraine is a candidate Following the entry of Moldova, Georgia and Turkey with partial access to Creative Europe's MEDIA sub-programme (and full access to the Culture programme), Macedonia has had full access to the MEDIA sub-programme since 28 July 2015.

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Successor to De Nieuwe Wildernis, the first Dutch Dolby Atmos film Holland: Nature in the Delta, the successor to the cinema hit De Nieuwe Wildernis, is the first Dutch film released with the new Dolby Atmos sound system. Distributor Dutch FilmWorks announced this today.

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Ghent presents nominations for Film Composer of the Year Alexandre Desplat, Bruno Coulais, Michael Giacchino, Johann Johannsson and Hans Zimmer have a chance to win the title 'Film Composer of the Year' at Film Fest Ghent in October. The World Soundtrack Academy announced this today.

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Free ticket for Pleinbisocoop victims Visitors to the canceled film screening at the Pleinbioscoop Rotterdam on Thursday evening will receive a free ticket. The organization allows the hundreds of victims to see a film of their choice for free. People who ordered online will be automatically notified.

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Rapper Fresku lashes out at 'white' programming 3FM The Eindhoven rapper Fresku has lashed out at radio station 3FM in his new video clip 'Zo Doe Je Dat'. Fresku made the video clip with director Timon van den Elskamp (Teemong).

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The White Knights van Lafosse in Toronto "Les chevaliers blancs", the sixth feature film by Belgian director Joachim Lafosse, has been selected for the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada. The jury consists of the Chinese Jia Zhangke, the French Claire Denis and the Polish Agnieszka Holland.

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Screening of Laurel & Hardy films in Pathé Tuschinski On Saturday, September 19, from 12:15 p.m., Laurel & Hardy fans will celebrate the 125th anniversary of Stan Laurel's birth at Pathé Tuschinski. They chose classics from the golden age of Laurel & Hardy.

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Pleinbioscoop performance canceled due to bad weather All visitors to the Pleinbioscoop in Rotterdam were sent home on Thursday evening. Due to severe weather, the screening of the film Frank on Museumplein was stopped early. It is not the first time that the film event has had to deal with a downpour.

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Open Studio Days in Hilversum on September 5 and 6 Media City Hilversum pulls out all the stops during the eighth edition of the Open Studio Days on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 September. The Open Studio Days take place at the Media Park and in the city of Hilversum.

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Animation installation Februar on display at Fantoche Festival Februar, the animation installation by Maarten Isaäk de Heer, can be visited and admired at the Swiss animation festival Fantoche in early September. The Dutch artist's work had its world premiere at the HAFF in March.

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