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Le Syndrome des amours passées by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni has its national preview at BRIFF The romantic comedy Le Syndrome des amours passées by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni has its national preview at the Brussels International Film Festival - BRIFF. The film is about a couple who cannot have children and is played by Lucie Debay and Lazare Gousseau.

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2022 was a historic year for Flemish film, thanks to the success of 'Zillion' Flemish films attracted more than 1.8 million visitors to cinemas in 2021, more than 2.5 times as many as in 2020. The most popular film was 'Zillion', with 573,771 cinemagoers. The VAF not only supports audiovisual productions, but also podcasts and game productions.

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Adil and Bilall have US distributor for their film 'Rebel' The film 'Rebel' by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah has found a North American distributor. Following previous sales to more than 70 countries, the film will now be distributed in North America and Canada by Yellow Veil Pictures.

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6 co-productions selected in collaboration with Flemish Audiovisual Fund The Flemish Audiovisual Fund has selected 6 co-productions, including the feature film Foley man by director and screenwriter Frank van Passel and the feature film Horst en Franz by director and screenwriter Kat Steppe.

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Hot Docs selects Four Chambers to the Heart The hybrid animation film Four Chambers to the Heart, directed by Kostas Ioannidis and Johan Grimonprez, has been selected for the Hot Docs festival.

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Three Flemish series to Cannesseries The international series festival Canneseries has announced the program for its sixth edition (April 14-19). Three Flemish series have been selected: Roomies in the Short Form competition and Draw For Change! and Mirakel n°71 in the Documentary Series competition.

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The American actor Johan Leysen (73) passed away unexpectedly Belgian actor Johan Leysen died unexpectedly of a cardiac arrest at the age of 73. Leysen played in numerous Dutch and Flemish productions and gained international acclaim with his roles in Anton Corbijn's thriller The American and television series The Spiral.

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The animated film Titina is a crazy journey through the eyes of the cutest explorer on four legs Made in Belgium, the animated film Titina tells the true story of the cute little dog Titina who rose to fame in the 1920s when she accompanied Umberto Nobile and Roald Amundsen on an aerial expedition to the North Pole.

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Fremantle takes majority stake in A Team Productions Fremantle has acquired a majority stake in Belgian production company A Team Productions (ATP), led by Kobe van Steenberghe and Hendrik Verthé.

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Class 2022: Sint-Lukas Brussels The film department of LUCA School of Arts in Brussels produced a remarkably large number of graduated filmmakers last year. The result is an eclectic collection of films of varying quality.

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Tim Mielants directs new international film with actor Cillian Murphy Belgian director Tim Mielants is working with actor Cillian Murphy on the film adaptation of Claire Keegan's novel Small Things Like These. The film is produced by Big Thing Films and co-financed by Artists Equity, the production house of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.

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War signed Raoul Servais, and Raoul Servais signed the war Raoul Servais, the Belgian filmmaker and animator known as 'the wizard of Ostend', passed away on March 19 at the age of 94. The war was reflected in his short films, drawings and watercolours, and in his recently published war memoirs.

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