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BBC denies ban on 'before and after Christ' Last weekend there was a commotion in Great Britain about the BBC banning the names "before/after Christ". However, the British public broadcaster denies this.

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38th Ghent Film Festival: first batch of titles The 38th Ghent Film Festival (11 to 22 October) is already announcing fifteen new titles in anticipation of the presentation of the full program on September 28.

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Pedro AlmodÃ³var receives a monograph Spanish director Pedro Almodovar receives a monograph. Taschen, the German publisher of art books, was given access to its archive and was able to publish photos that the filmmaker himself took on the set.

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The long-awaited Tintin film by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson will premiere on October 22. For the world premiere, Spielberg will travel to Brussels and unveil a special Tintin Thalys train in Brussels South. The director then travels on the same train to Paris, where he is expected in the evening for the French premiere of The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. The long-awaited Tintin film by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson will premiere on October 22. For the world premiere, Spielberg will travel to Brussels and unveil a special Tintin Thalys train in Brussels South.

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Isabelle Huppert comes to Ghent After Catherine Deneuve last year, the Ghent Film Festival can welcome Isabelle Huppert this year. She will present her new film Mon pire cauchemar on October 18. Her opponent is the Belgian BenoÃ®t Poelvoorde (C'est arrivé près de chez vous, Rien Ã déclarer).

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Rules surrounding the Oscars are becoming stricter The organizers of the Oscars have tightened the rules that their members must adhere to. In this way, they hope that the competition of the largest film event in the world will be more objective. Although not everyone is equally happy.

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Ghent Film Festival protests against arrest of Iranian filmmakers The Ghent Film Festival joins the international protest against the arrest of six filmmakers by the Iranian authorities last weekend. "As a statement, we will include three or four Iranian films in our program," it said. “In the name of freedom of expression, we demand the immediate release of these artists and pay tribute to their courage to continue to defend ideals in difficult circumstances,” the organization said.

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VRT will focus even more on diversity The Flemish public broadcaster VRT will focus even more on diversity in the future. The VRT wants to be a reflection of Flemish society and translate this into its offering.

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Flemish Documentary Weeks coming up Flemish film is alive and well and is being celebrated at various festivals, such as the Ostend Film Festival. The Flemish documentary is also in full bloom and the Flemish Documentary Weeks want to prove this. The program can be found on the Flanders Doc website.

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Festival of French-language Film also pays attention to Flemish films During the International Festival of French-language Film (FIFF) in Namur, from September 30 to October 7, attention will again be paid to Flemish film. There will be two Flemish feature films and five short films.

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More than 25,000 visitors to Hasta La Vista Hasta La Vista, the fifth feature film by Geoffrey Enthoven (Vidange Perdue, Happy Together, Girls), is off to a brilliant start in Flemish cinemas. Despite the fairly mild late summer weather last weekend, Hasta la Vista is number 1 in all Flemish cinemas.

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Lecture about the success of the new Flemish film Flemish film is more successful than ever, both at festivals and at the box office. Time to reflect critically on the qualities of contemporary Flemish film.

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