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Short film Houses with small windows to Venice Houses with small windows, the short film by the Flemish-Kurdish director BÃ¼lent Ã–ztÃ¼rk, has been selected for the Official Competition of the Venice Film Festival.

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Broken Circle advances to final three for LUX Prize The Broken Circle Breakdown, the intense drama by Felix van Groeningen, is one of the three finalists for the European Parliament's LUX Prize. The news was announced in Rome. The three will be shown during the LUX Film Days in all European member states in November.

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Spike Lee uses crowdfunding for new film Spike Lee turns to crowdfunding to get his new film financed. He is trying to raise $1.25 million through the Kickstarter website.

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Russia arrests Dutch filmmakers over gay documentary Four Dutch people who were making a documentary about homosexuality in Russia have been arrested on suspicion of gay propaganda. NOS reports this. The four will appear in court today. They receive support from employees of the Dutch consulate.

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Cable distributors must contribute to Flemish productions Flemish Minister of Media Ingrid Lieten (SP.A) is amending the Media Decree, requiring (cable) distributors to invest part of their income in the Flemish audiovisual sector. The amount will be determined based on the number of subscribers.

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Video essayist Kogonada dissects neorealism In a thought-provoking video essay, Kogonada exposes the essence of neorealism. He does this on the basis of parallels and differences between Stazione Termini (De Sica) and Indiscretion of an American Wife (O. Selznick). Selznick cuts tightly and to the point.

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Nominated commercials for Emmys announced The American agencies Gray, Creative Lab, Wieden+Kennedy and Crispin Porter Bogusky have been nominated for the Emmy for best commercial. This year there are only four nominees compared to last year's five.

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Trailer How Expensive Was Sugar online (video) The trailer of Hoe Duur Was De Suiker, the opening film of NFF 2013, can be seen online. The film, set in Suriname in the eighteenth century, is written and directed by Jean van de Velde. Paul Voorthuysen and Richard Claus produce the film.

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Bijlmer disaster film has a chance to win the Golden Calf The film In het Nothing about the Bijlmer disaster in 1992 has a chance to win a Golden Calf. Director Daniel Bruce said this. The short film has been selected for the Dutch Film Festival. “This is super cool,” Bruce responds. "We're going to see what happens.

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Betty's Blues receives a Cartoon d'Or nomination The short animated film Betty's Blues by Rémi Vandenitte, a co-production with Flanders, was selected as one of the six nominees for the Cartoon d'Or, the pan-European prize for the best animated short film.

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Short film Wolfsmelk in Montreal The short film Wolfsmelk by director Hans Vercauter is part of the official competition of the 37th edition of the Montreal World Film Festival (August 22 - September 2).

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Less entertainment on public broadcasting in 2014 Next year, the Dutch Public Broadcasting (NPO) will program longer series, a smaller number of programs and less entertainment and human interest. Major entertainment such as Strictly Come Dancing disappears on Saturday evenings.

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