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New Pathé and Euroscoop cinemas in Maastricht Last month, the Maastricht Pathé theater on Wilhelminasingel closed after twenty years. The cinema operator has now signed an agreement for the construction of a new building.

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School boos over shooting RTL The Einstein Lyceum from Hoogvliet is angry with RTL because the channel allowed a student to secretly shoot. RTL wants to use them in a program about bullying, but the school does not want them to be used.

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Turkey must also lift the YouTube blockade The Turkish authorities must also lift the blockade of YouTube after blocking Twitter. A Turkish court in Ankara ordered this on Friday. However, fifteen videos remain blocked by order of the judge, Turkish media reported on Friday.

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'12 minutes about peace', a collection of 12 ultra-short animated films celebrating the centenary of the First World War, has premiered in the Kinepolis cinemas. Until the end of November, Kinepolis branches in Flanders and Brussels will program one of the films every week in the program preceding the main film. The project is an initiative of the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF) and the Flemish Literature Fund (VFL) in collaboration with Kinepolis and Canvas. During the Cannes Film Festival, the entire collection will be presented as part of the festival's Short Film Corner. '12 minutes about peace', a collection of 12 ultra-short animated films celebrating the centenary of the First World War, has premiered in the Kinepolis cinemas.

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Watching video on mobile and tablets is increasing rapidly Watching video on mobile or tablet increased by 719 percent mobile video watching is increasing If this trend continues, half of all online video will be viewed on a mobile device by 2016.

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Honorable mention for Lucien Hervé documentary in Montreal The documentary Lucien Hervé, photographe malgré lui by Gerrit Messiaen was awarded an honorable mention by the jury during the closing ceremony of the Festival International du Film sur l'Art (FIFA) in Montreal.

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Baghdad Messi wins again in Oman The short film Baghdad Messi by director Sahim Omar Kalifa scored again on the international festival circuit last weekend.

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Christmas special Panic in the Village wins prize at the New York Children's Festival Panic in the village - the Christmas stump won prizes during the New York International Children's Film Festival in New York (March 7-30). The short animated film by Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier was awarded the Grand Prize for Best Short Film.

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Orphans Film Symposium is coming to Amsterdam Last week we had the international nuclear summit in The Hague, this week the Orphans Film Symposium will take place for the first time outside the US, in Amsterdam. In EYE, archivists, makers and academics discuss 'orphan films'.

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Murdoch puts sons forward Media magnate Rupert Murdoch has given his eldest son Lachlan a high position again in his own media group. Lachlan (42) will work as non-executive co-chairman of the two divisions News Corp and 21st Century Fox.

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Filming of a plane crashing into the ocean has been stopped The shooting of thriller Deep Water has been halted indefinitely. The premiere was scheduled for two years from now. He called the events surrounding flight MH370 'a particularly tragic event'.

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Lord of the Rings gets a film concert in Antwerp In December 2014, 'The Fellowship of the Ring', the first part of the saga The Lord of the Rings, will be screened in its entirety during a film concert at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp.

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