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Trailer Flemish Cannes-goer Julie remains silent online The trailer of "Julie Zzijt", the feature debut of director Leonardo van Dijl, has appeared online. This film, starring Tessa Van den Broeck as Julie, will have its world premiere in the Semaine de la Critique section of the Cannes Film Festival.

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Adjustments VAF pitch committees for fiction and documentary After an extensive evaluation, the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF) has made adjustments to the working methods of the pitch committees for fiction and documentary.

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Finns Heel voted best short film at Tegenstroom Film Festival 2024 At the International short film festival Tegenstroom 2024, held from 8 to 11 May in CineCity Terneuzen, Finn's Heel by Cato Kusters was named best film. Other award winners included The Very Tired Man and The Woman Who Passionately Loved Bonsai and Is Heaven Blue?#2.

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Flemish film 'Alias Wolf' wins Best Feature Film in Paris The Flemish film 'Alias Wolf', directed by Oscar and Tobias Spierenburg, has won the prize for 'Best European Feature' at the ÉCU film festival in Paris. Actors Jenne Decleir and Manon Verbeeck starred in the film and received praise from the international jury.

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VR-experience Draw for Change! in competitie Sheffield DocFest The VR experience Draw for Change!, developed alongside the six-part documentary series from Clin d'oeil Films, has been selected for competition at Sheffield DocFest. The project, supported by the VAF, is also part of an educational initiative for Flemish schools.

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Filming of the bestseller JOE SPEEDBOOT has started The shooting of the film adaptation of Tommy Wieringa's bestseller JOE SPEEDBOOT has started under the direction of Sam de Jong. Tobias Kersloot plays the leading role, with Daan Buringa as Fransje Hermans and QiQi van Boheemen as PJ.

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Flemish film magazine Humbug also stops online, holds a sale and celebrates The Flemish film magazine Humbug will also stop online after a period of reflection about the future. In addition, Humbug is organizing a sale with discounts of up to 50% on purchases of four or more issues in their webshop, a chance to complete your collection.

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Jonas Govaerts on his way to the American premiere of H4Z4RD Jonas Govaerts is on his way to Los Angeles for the American premiere and possible remake of his film H4Z4RD, starring Dimitri 'Vegas' Thivaios, Jennifer Heylen and Jeroen Perceval. Govaerts dreams of Eric Andre and Jon Bernthal in the cast for the remake.

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Post Oosteroever receives reinforcement from a new young guard in the trailer of the third season of 'Onder Vuur' The third season of the VRT series 'Under Fire' brings new challenges for the Post Oosteroever fire brigade, which has now been merged with Post Noordhoek. This causes tensions within the force.

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Siegfried Bracke 'honorably discharged' as VAF chairman Siegfried Bracke, former VAF chairman, has been 'honorably dismissed' and replaced by Ralph Packet, a newcomer and former N-VA MEP.

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Elisa Heene selected for Producers on the Move | Flemish Audiovisual Fund Elisa Heene has been selected for the prestigious Producers on the Move program, which will take place in Cannes from May 18 to 22. Previous Flemish participants included Maarten Schmidt and Hendrik Verthé.

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The VAF argues for more resources in Memorandum The Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF) has provided a comprehensive overview of its activities and support for the Flemish audiovisual sector in its 2023 annual report. A total of 584 VAF/SF-supported productions were available on 16 streaming services.

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