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Leuven prison becomes cinema The Kaffee Detinee film festival is being organized for the fourth time in the Leuven Auxiliary Prison. The poster includes the films 12 Angry Men, A Somewath Gentle Man The Reader, the documentary Prison Island Bastory and a panel discussion with an ex-convict.

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Alexandre Desplat won film composer of the year three times in a row The World Soundtrack Awards were presented for the eleventh time in Ghent last night. For the third year in a row, French film composer Alexandre Desplat was chosen as "Film Composer of the Year" by the World Soundtrack Academy.

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Madly in Love wins 'Best Foreign Film award in LA At the LA Femme International Film Festival (13 to 16 October 2011), Smoorverliefd (Eng. title Madly in Love) by Hilde Van Mieghem received the 'Best Foreign Film award'. The Broad Humor Film Festival focuses on comedies with a feminine touch.

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Film festival is struggling with a shortage of space The Ghent Film Festival is experiencing a shortage of seats for the evening performances. Demand exceeds supply. This year's 38th edition of the Ghent Film Festival not only had a strong film selection, but also an extensive range of debates and events.

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Interview with director Andrei Zvyagintsev (video) On Wednesday, October 19, 2011, the audience award for best film was presented at the 38th Ghent International Film Festival. 'Elena' by Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev beat out 12 other films in competition.

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Badge of honor for Spielberg in Brussels "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn" had its world premiere in the Brussels cinema UGC De Brouckère on Saturday. Director Steven Spielberg was presented with the badge of honor of Commander of the Order of the Crown on the red carpet.

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Four Desert Fishermen start their own production house Elke Neuville, Arnout Hauben, Mikhael Cops and Steve Verhaeghe, known for Man bijt hond, among others, leave production house Woestijnvis and set up a new production house. The new production house will collaborate with the public broadcaster VRT in the future.

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Film composer Gabriel Yared completes the fifth part of the Flemish CD series The Lebanese film composer Gabriel Yared, who wrote the music for The Talented Mr. Dirk Brossé recorded a selection of Yared's work with the Brussels Philharmonic - the Flemish Radio Orchestra.

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Chinese film festival must continue underground An independent film festival in Beijing has to continue underground after a police raid. Visitors are kept verbally informed of program changes. The festival calls itself independent because it shows films that have not been officially submitted to the censors.

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Flemish actors want to collaborate with Jan Verheyen en masse The new season of the crime series 'Missing' - from November 3 on VT4 - is packed with stars. Gilda De Bal, Louis Talpe, Ianka Fleerackers or Stany Crets?

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Retrospective Johan Grimonprez can be seen on Canvas Filmmaker and artist Johan Grimonprez will receive an extensive retrospective in his own country (Belgium) for the first time. Grimponprez's film and video work maneuvers between art and cinema, documentary and fiction, practice and theory.

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Veerle Baetens prepares farewell to 'Code 37' It won't be long before the Flemish series 'Code 37' will be gone. While main actress Veerle Baetens is preparing for the release of the cinema film of the same name (next Wednesday), the third and final season is being recorded in Ghent.

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