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Kevin Meul's short film awarded in Seattle The special life of Rocky de Vlaeminck, the short film by Kevin Meul, has won the Grand Prize of the Jury at the Seattle International Film Festival (May 17 - June 10).

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VTM soap fires half of its screenwriters The VTM soap 'Familie' has fired half of its screenwriters and is introducing a new family after the summer. VTM wants to arm itself with a stronger eve for the autumn.

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Girls' choir can be heard again in a Hollywood film Danish director Ole Bornadel has included the cover of the Rammstein song 'Engel' that the Belgian girls' choir Scala recorded in the trailer of his new horror film 'The Possession'.

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'The Bombardment' in Antwerp Zoo Under a radiant sun, the Antwerp zoo was immersed in the atmosphere of the 1940s on Tuesday. Little has been preserved of historic Rotterdam.

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'Little Black Spiders' opens Ostend Film Festival 'Little Black Spiders' by filmmaker Patrice Toye opens the sixth edition of the Ostend film festival on Friday, September 7. The leading roles are played by Line Pillet, Charlotte De Bruyne, Romy Lauwers, Ineke Nijsen, Dolores Bouckaert, Wim Helsen and Sam Louwyck.

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David Lynch and Mel Brooks Honored by AFI David Lynch and Mel Brooks are honored by the American Film Institute. Both filmmakers will receive an honorary doctorate in visual arts from the AFI Conservatory, the organization said. An award from the AFI is one of the most prestigious in American film.

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Director Kaneto Shindo passed away Japanese director Kaneto Shindo died on Tuesday at the age of 100. His spokesperson said this on Wednesday. Shindo, who was born in Hiroshima, has directed nearly 50 films. The film 'Children of Hiroshima' premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1953.

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Film made from Getty images stock photos You can find photos of every situation on the stock photography website Getty. Several even. In the film 'From love to bingo in 873 images', 873 stock photos from the site are put together to form a story.

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'Vain' documentary calls for intervention in Syria In the documentary 'Le Serment de Tobrouk' presented during Cannes, star philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy talks about the Libyan revolution and his - reportedly important - role in it. As far as he is concerned, the international community must also tackle Syria.

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Venice Film Festival gets smaller selection The new festival director Alberto Barbera limits the official selection to eighteen films. The Italian wants to follow a more modest course. Last year, 23 films competed for the Golden Lion. This year Barbera is reducing that number to eighteen.

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The Cannes jury was not unanimous on any prize Although the expected winner came out on Sunday with Haneke's 'Amour' and the other prizes in Cannes did not raise eyebrows, the festival jury was more divided than could be expected. "No film was unanimously placed on the list," jury chairman Nanni Moretti said at the press conference after the award ceremony.

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Belgian actress Emilie Dequenne receives prize in Cannes Thirteen years ago, Rosetta, which earned the Dardenne brothers their first Palme d'Or, was the breakthrough for the young Belgian actress Emilie Dequenne. This weekend she won another prize in Cannes for her performance in A perdre la raison by Joachim Lafosse.

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