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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat wins prizes at Sundance Johan Grimonprez's film "Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat" has won the Special Jury Award for Cinematic Innovation at the Sundance Film Festival. The VRT and RTBF are also involved as co-producers. International rights are represented by Mediawan and Submarine Films.

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Fifth batch of Ket & Doc films at the Antwerp Youth Film Festival and Ketnet Five new children's documentaries, recorded by the fifth group of Ket & Doc, will be shown for the first time during the Antwerp Youth Film Festival. In addition to traditional portraits, new forms and contents are experimented with.

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Crossing the language barrier: the landscape of French-language and Flemish films in Belgium In a conversation between Thomas Verkaeren, Arnaud de Haan and Didier Lombaert, French-language and Flemish Belgian films on both sides of the language border were discussed.

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Spilling the tea with Lukas Dhont During the first High Tea Talk in Café du Parc, director Lukas Dhont gave an insight into the making process and the motivations behind his films. He spoke, among other things, about the film 'Quitter la nuit', in which he is involved as co-producer.

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These are the winners of The Student Pitch 2024 The winners of The Student Pitch 2024 of the Ostend Film Festival have been announced. Céline Schauvliege has been declared the winner of the competition and will receive a post-production package from Flow.

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The first Ensors were awarded The first Ensors were awarded at the sixteenth Ostend Film Festival. Marc Didden received a Lifetime Achievement Award, Michael Abay won the Ensor for Best Short Film with 'Klette' and the film 'Mascotte' received the Ensor for Best Co-production.

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IFFR 2024: Fien Troch about Holly Flemish filmmaker Fien Troch has made her fifth film Holly, an intriguing musing on growing up. The film has supernatural touches and humor, and Troch explores the meaning of innocence for young people in relation to the expectations of adults.

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'High Tides' star Willem De Schryver cast by Jonnydepony for crime drama 'I Was a Cop in the 80s' Belgian production company Jonnydepony has cast actor Willem De Schryver for the leading role in the crime drama "I Was a Cop in the 80s". The series, ordered by Amazon Prime Netherlands and Streamz, will be pitched during the TV Drama Vision event in Gothenburg.

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'A mild gesture' wins the Short Film Competition Ostend Film Festival The Belgian short film 'A mild gesture' by Ann-Julie Vervaeke has won the Short Film Competition of the Ostend Film Festival. This film was the winner from a selection of twelve strong short films.

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Ticket sales have started for Storycon, a conference on humor in storytelling Ticket sales for Storycon, a conference on humor in storytelling, have started. International speakers such as Madelijn Strick, Kim bit part, Filippo Losito and Tim Garbos will be present. The conference will take place on April 18 in Kinepolis Ghent.

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Lumière takes over Ghent Studio Skoop The oldest arthouse cinema in Belgium, Studio Skoop in Ghent, has been taken over by Lumière. Lumière will continue the life's work of owner Walter Vander Cruysse and promises to maintain the continuity and individuality of Studio Skoop.

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Screen Flanders invests 3 million euros in 14 projects Screen Flanders has announced that they are investing 3 million euros in 14 film projects. One of the projects is "The Girl from Köln", a film adaptation of the story of Eva Brandes, the youngest German music producer.

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