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"Oh Willy..." wins again at AFI Fest Los Angeles Oh Willy..., the animated short film by director duo Marc James Roels and Emma De Swaef, has won the Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short at the AFI Fest Los Angeles.

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Writer of anti-Islam film in jail The writer of the controversial anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims, Mark Basseley Youssef, must serve a year in prison in the US. He violated the terms of his parole.

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Arab Spring also illuminates the films There is a breath of fresh air blowing through Arabic film; Over the past five years, the Abu Dhabi Film Festival has established itself among the world's best in terms of attendance and broad-minded programming.

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Disney buys Star Wars studio Lucasfilm Walt Disney is willing to pay $4 billion to buy Lucasfilm, the film company of the maker of the Star Wars films. Disney also buys the marketing rights to the Star Wars films. The company announced that a new Star Wars episode 7 is already planned for 2015.

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Billy Connolly receives an honorary Bafta Billy Connolly receives an award from the Scottish branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

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'Greek press freedom in danger' Two presenters of a breakfast program on ERT (the Greek public broadcaster, ed.) were suspended after they talked about the 'strange' reaction of Minister Nikos Dendias (Public Order) to the news that arrested demonstrators had allegedly been tortured.

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Flemish films triumph at the Valladolid International Film Festival At the 57th edition of the Seminci Valladolid, the International Film Festival in Valladolid, Spain, The Fifth Season by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, Tot Altijd by Nic Balthazar and the short film Death of a Shadow by Tom Van Avermaet won prizes.

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Alfacam is in Dutch hands The private equity fund Value Enhancement Partners was close to acquiring Alfacam. A disagreement with the banks threw a spanner in the works in the final straight line. The television services group Alfacam received legal protection against its creditors this morning.

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Teaser 'Ushi must Marry' online The popular TV character Ushi (Wendy van Dijk) will soon be seen on the silver screen. In the first half of this year, the film, which will be shown in theaters in the spring of 2013, took place in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and America. Watch the teaser here.

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Belfius Tax Shelter supported 95 projects Between 2009 and 2012, Belgian entrepreneurs invested more than 27 million in audiovisual productions through a partnership between Belfius and Casa Kafka Pictures, one of the larger players in the tax shelter.

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Will Prime from Telenet become the Flemish HBO? After 'Quiz me quick', Telenet wants to broadcast Flemish fiction more often first on Prime. It has been a trend in America for years: the best fiction series are commissioned by pay channels, such as HBO or AMC. Is a Flemish version of HBO in the making?

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Viewer will pay for delayed viewing Fast forwarding advertisements will soon cost you money. That's what media executives Christian Van Thillo and Wouter Vandenhaute said on Tuesday during a debate where they were remarkably kind to each other - but very sharp to Telenet.

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