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To ensure his chances for an Oscar, a scene that could be considered offensive by Americans was cut from a new film starring French actor Jean Dujardin. It concerned a scene in which Dujardin is in a hotel room in New York. When his wife calls him and asks how he is doing. "Fine, honey," Dujardin replies, while in the background through the hotel window you can see a plane crashing into the towers of the World Trade Center. The French actor won an Oscar for his role in the silent film 'The Artist'. To ensure his chances for an Oscar, a scene that could be considered offensive by Americans was cut from a new film starring French actor Jean Dujardin. It concerned a scene in which Dujardin is in a hotel room in New York.

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Documentaire Waiting tweemaal op filmfestival in Istanbul Beklemek, the new documentary by director BÃ¼lent Ã–ztÃ¼rk has been invited to two international festivals. The winners of the 2012 TRT Documentary Awards will be announced at the closing ceremony on May 7.

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65th Cannes Festival poster shows Marilyn Monroe On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, Marilyn Monroe is depicted on the poster for the 2012 edition. The poster was designed by the French agency Bronx. They worked with a photo of the actress taken by Otto L. Bettmann.

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Why Chantal Akerman remains the greatest film Belgian Chantal Akerman is more than likely the Belgian director with the most mentions in international film studies. In the 1970s she was one of the key extras of European avant-garde and feminist cinema. She recently released a new film, La Folie Almayer.

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Bull's head not 'seventh wonder of the world' Rundskop may be one of the best Flemish films, but it is not the seventh wonder of the world. There was no room for this nuance in the final straight line to the Oscar ceremony. There were mainly hurray messages.

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Brussels Jazz Orchestra and Brussels Philharmonic win Oscar The score of the French film 'The Artist' has won the Oscar for Best Soundtrack. That soundtrack was played and recorded by the Brussels Philharmonic and the Brussels Jazz Orchestra. The music ensembles also recorded the soundtrack in Brussels.

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'A Separation' best foreign film - No Oscar for 'Rundskop' And the Oscar went to... 'A Separation'. In other words, Rundskop did not manage to win the Oscar for best foreign film. As expected, the Iranian film lived up to its role as favorite.

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Will Beef Head Win an Oscar? Follow it live on Knackfocus.be Will 'Rundskop', the feature film debut of Michaël R. Roskam, be the first Belgian film to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Film? Follow the presentation of the world's most prestigious film awards live on Knackfocus.be during Oscar night from 26 to 27 February?

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What does international attention actually achieve? What do the makers of Rundskop gain from the Oscar nomination and all the publicity?

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'Rundskop' actress Jeanne Dandoy: "Show unity of Belgium" Jeanne Dandoy, the Walloon theater actress who made her feature film debut in 'Rundskop', looks a bit orphaned here in Hollywood.

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Fatigue is starting to take its toll on the cast of Rundskop At the presentation of the 'Foreign Language Film Photo Opportunity' in the run-up to the Oscars ceremony on Sunday, there was one major absentee due to illness, who is also seen as Rundskop's biggest competitor: Iran.

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Golden Award for Until Always Things are going more than excellent with Tot Altijd, the new film by Nic Balthazar. The makers attribute this phenomenon to social media such as Facebook and Twitter, on which viewers highly recommend the film.

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