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Belgian production house Hamlet scores online hit with Nike spot The Brussels advertising film production house Hamlet is responsible for the most viewed online commercial of the sports brand Nike. The Chinese video reached 170 million views in five days.

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Netflix shows war film Banker of Resistance worldwide Netflix will stream the Dutch war film Banker of the Resistance. The cinema hit starring Barry Atsma, Jacob Derwig and Pierre Bokma can be seen worldwide on the streaming service from September 11, with the exception of China.

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New television series The Smurfs in 2020 The Smurfs get new episodes, in a 3D version. The production of the new series is in the hands of Peyo Productions, among others. The Flemish public channel Ketnet is one of the co-producers, VRT reports.

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2001 and Beyond: ode to music from films set in space Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking masterpiece '2001: A Space Odyssey' is exactly fifty years old in 2018 and that is worth celebrating. Alex North's original score for '2001' will be played in the premiere.

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Jan Hautekiet becomes chairman of Sabam 18:04 The copyright society appoints the recently retired radio maker as chairman of its board of directors for two years. Hautekiet had been a director at the copyright company for some time.

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Sound and Vision shows special shooting by Wim Sonneveld On June 24, the Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversum will be showing special shooting of the legendary comedian, singer and actor Wim Sonneveld (1917-1974). The shooting has recently been recovered and remastered.

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Nasrdin Dchar plays leading role in film by choreographer Ish Nasrdin Dchar and Belgian actress Veerle Dobbelaere play the leading roles in the first film by Belgian choreographer Ish Ait Hamou. Ish is best known in the Netherlands as a jury member of So You Think You Can Dance.

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French composer Philippe Sarde receives Lifetime Achievement Award during the 18th World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent As part of the World Soundtrack Awards, Film Fest Gent celebrates Philippe Sarde's impressive career with the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award, followed by an anthology of his film music.

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Flemish-Dutch film Girl opens Ghent film festival The Ghent Film Festival opens its 45th edition in October with the screening of the Flemish-Dutch film Girl. The organization announced this on Tuesday.

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Flemish-Dutch film Girl wins three prizes in Cannes The Belgian film Girl won three important prizes at the Cannes film festival on Saturday. The drama about a young transgender who wants to become a ballerina won the Queer Palm, the award for the best LGBT film, and the international film critics' prize.

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Lukas Dhont won Caméra d’Or in Cannes The Caméra d'Or, first awarded in 1978, goes to a feature film debut that is shown in one of the programs during the Cannes Film Festival. This year there were 18 debut films in the running.

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Wes Anderson directed Isle of Dogs from home Belgian animator Kim Keukeleire received dozens of emails every day from Wes Anderson when they worked together on Isle of Dogs. The American director worked on the film from his home in Paris. A total of 670 people worked on the film, which consists of 144,000 images.

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