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New chapter in the success story of 'The eight mountains': film awarded the most important Italian prize The Belgian film 'The Eight Mountains', directed by Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch, won no fewer than four awards, including 'Best Film', at the 68th Italian 'David di Donatello' Film Awards in Rome.

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Fifth batch of Ket & Doc goes into production The Flemish Audiovisual Fund has selected the fifth batch of Ket & Doc. Ket & Doc has put youth documentaries on the map in Flanders and achieved international success.

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Sea Spark to Giffoni The Belgian film Zeevonk, produced by A Private View and directed by Cecilia Verheyden, has already won several awards at international film festivals, including a Special Mention from the Generation Kplus children's jury at the Berlinale.

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'The eight mountains' by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte scores in New York: “Strong opening weekend” The film adaptation of the novel 'The eight mountains' by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch is a success in the United States. The film was previously awarded the Jury Prize at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.

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These are the first images of war drama 'WIL' with Matteo Simoni and Stef Aerts The first images of the war drama 'WIL', based on the bestseller by Jeroen Olyslaegers, have been released by director Tim Mielants. The film tells the story of three young people trying to survive in an occupied city during World War II.

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Crisis in Hollywood: 11,000 film and TV writers strike over poor pay. Hollywood's Writers Guild has launched a strike by some 11,000 film and TV writers. They stop working because their wages have fallen enormously since the rise of streaming platforms. The writers want to put pressure on the big studios to get their wages back up.

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The Oscar process urgently needs to be rethought! Filmmakers such as Van Groeningen and Mungiu speak out Directors Van Groeningen and Vandermeersch, known for the film De Acht Bergen, have criticized the Oscar process for Best International Feature Film. The Academy will discuss possible rule changes for the 2023-24 Oscar season.

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Barbara Sarafian and Sam Louwyck in international film production MR. K Barbara Sarafian and Sam Louwyck play the leading roles in the international feature film MR. K, produced by A Private View. The surreal drama, directed by Tallulah H. Schwab, features an international cast including Crispin Glover and Barbara Sukowa.

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The Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film Center looks back at 2022 The Minister of Culture and the director of the Film Center of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation have analyzed the past year and discussed new challenges for French-language Belgian film.

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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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