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Belgian comedian Urbanus comes with his first animated film Belgian comedian Urbanus is working on his first animated film. According to Belgian media, the cinema film, called The Garbage Hero, will premiere on February 27, 2019. The animation is directed by Vincent Bal.

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Wayne Parker Kent Belgium has now been officially launched Wayne Parker Kent has, as previously announced, crossed the border. The Dutch online publisher is expanding its activities to Belgium with the support of Mediahuis. Four of the nineteen Dutch magazines have now also been launched on the Belgian market.

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VTM broadcasts Flemish remake De Luizen Moeder The Flemish channel VTM will broadcast the new version of the AVROTROS hit series De Luizen Moeder. The series holds a mirror up to everyone," say Davy Parmentier and Ricus Jansegers, program directors of VTM. The shooting for the Flemish version will start this year.

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Program maker De Pauw leaves production house due to misconduct Belgian program maker Bart De Pauw, who was in the news last year for transgressive sexual misconduct, has been released by his own production house Koeken Troef! dismissed. Because of the latter element, a criminal investigation is still ongoing.

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Belgian Patser directors make Bad Boys 3 The Moroccan-Belgian director duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are about to sign on to direct the third Bad Boys film, titled Bad Boys For Life. Management expects that the contract will be settled soon, when the two travel to Los Angeles.

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Brussels gets an international film festival Following Rotterdam, Brussels will also have an international film festival. The Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF) will screen films from June 20 to 30 in almost all cinemas in the Belgian capital. The organization hopes to attract 60,000 enthusiasts.

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Interview with manager Sophie Dros She scored well with her graduation film My Silicone Love, won the Film Prize of the city of Utrecht for her debut Genderbende with producer HALAL, and was a member of the jury at the last IDFA to decide on the films in the student competition.

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Belgian prize for Russian film Loveless The film Loveless by Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev won the Grand Prize of the Union of Film Critics, the Belgian association of film critics, on Saturday. Loveless is about Alyosha, a twelve-year-old boy.

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Kinepolis takes over cinemas in North Holland The Belgian cinema chain Kinepolis is taking over the majority of the North Holland cinema operator NH Bioscopen. This concerns cinemas in Schagen and Hoofddorp and a new cinema yet to be built in Haarlem. The cinemas will officially change ownership on January 1.

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Monic Hendrickx and Frank Lammers in Dutch-Belgian drama series Monic Hendrickx, Frank Lammers, Jasmine Sendar and Fedja van Huêt play a role in the new television series Grenslanders. Flemish actors Koen De Bouw and Ingrid De Vos are also part of the cast. It is the second time that the NPO and the VRT work together.

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Talpa and TMG exchange interests in TMG and Talpa Radio The takeover battle surrounding the Telegraaf Media Group (TMG) has finally been concluded. John de Mol sells his minority stake of just over 29 percent in TMG after a long battle to the Flemish media company Mediahuis.

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Documentary awards presented at IDFA The Other Side of Everything has been declared the best feature-length documentary by the IDFA jury. Mila Turajlic's film is a political chronicle of a family in Serbia. The Long Season by Leonard Retel Helmrich has been voted the best Dutch documentary.

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