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Ghent Film Festival presents a record number of Flemish films The program of the Ghent Film Festival was announced yesterday. Patrick Duynslaegher, the artistic director of the Ghent International Film Festival, believes that the success of a film festival depends on the strength of the local films.

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Maaike Neuville in erotic film by Peter Greenaway Flemish actress Maaike Neuville has a role in the new film by British director Peter Greenaway (77), reports Het Laatste Nieuws. Actor-poet Ramsey Nasr and F. Murray Abraham also star.

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The cast of Smoorverliefd has been announced Flemish director Hilde van Mieghem has announced the cast of the new Dutch film Smoorverliefd. The film is a remake of the Vlaamse Smoorverliefd, which Van Mieghem also directed. But she hopes to make this 'an even better version'.

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Dutch Film Festival officially starts The 32nd edition of the Dutch Film Festival started on Wednesday evening in the Utrecht Stadschouwburg. The film Nono, the zigzag child by the Flemish director Vincent Bal was the opening film and the first of 84 films that will premiere during NFF.

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Film Industry Guide extends NFF discount promotion The Film Industry Guide's NFF discount promotion on the occasion of the 32nd Dutch Film Festival has been extended until the weekend after the festival. The Film Industry Guide is a platform for film professionals, film companies and film organizations.

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NFF film Little Black Spiders has a promising Belgian start Patrice Toye's Little Black Spiders has already attracted more than 10,000 visitors after its first weekend in theaters. This puts him in the top three almost everywhere in Flanders. Distributor Cinéart will then release the film in Dutch cinemas on October 11.

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Flemish novel The Angel Maker is being made into a film The film rights to De Engelenmaker, by the Flemish writer Stefan Brijs, have been sold to the Dutch producer N279 Entertainment. It is directed by Brijs' compatriot Christophe Van Rompaey, who previously made Aanrijding in Moscou and Lena.

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Iran withdraws film from Oscar competition The Iranian film A cube of sugar will not compete for an Oscar for best foreign-language film early next year. He hopes that other Islamic countries will follow the Iranian example.

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Stone and Travolta receive San Sebastian lifetime achievement award Oliver Stone and John Travolta have both received lifetime achievement awards at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. The 65-year-old Stone received a special Donostia, which was awarded to mark the festival's sixtieth anniversary.

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Junkyard wins Canadian award for best short animation The animated short Junkyard, directed by Hisko Hulsing, has won the Nelvana Grand Prize for Best Independent Short Animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF). The winners were announced last Sunday during the closing ceremony.

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Dura Lex wint New European Talent Award At the Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival (18 - 23 September), the short film Dura Lex by Anke Blondé won the European New Talent Award. Oh Willy by Emma de Swaef and Marc James Roels was awarded the Animated Grand Prix in Bristol.

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Belgian filmmakers criticize Telenet Belgian directors and screenwriters demand that the cable television company Telenet announce to whom it transfers the copyrights it collects from the viewer. This is stated in an open letter in various newspapers.

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