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Judicial investigation into Antwerp film company Corsan due to Tax shelter The Antwerp investigating judge Christian Van Wambeke has ordered a judicial investigation into the Antwerp film company Corsan, which in recent years has raised several tens of millions of euros from doctors, dentists, real estate companies, law firms, media companies, notaries, bakers, and so on.

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Omroep Max makes a documentary series about the Van der Valk family Omroep Max will release a documentary series about the Van der Valk family in the autumn of 2017. The channel reported this on Friday. Filming takes place for a year at the catering family in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

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Belgica and Allegory of the Jam Jar won prizes at the Belgian Film Festival in Utrecht Felix van Groeningen's Belgica was awarded the Audience Award for Best Feature Film during the closing ceremony of the Belgian Film Festival (9-12 June) last night. Allegory of the Jam Jar by Boris Kuijpers and Ruth Mellaerts was the winner among the short films.

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Amigos selected for SeriesFest in Colorado The Flemish drama series Amigo's has been selected for SeriesFest (June 22-26), the television festival in Denver, Colorado, USA. The VTM series about five ex-prisoners who start a restaurant together can be seen within the International Spotlight section.

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Director Arno Dierickx did not want to stop the Brussels series after attacks Director Arno Dierickx did not want to stop his series about the Belgian capital after the attacks in Brussels. When the city was hit by terrorist attacks in early March, recording for the KPN series Brussels had just begun.

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Felix van Groeningen Master of Future Frames in Karlovy Vary Felix van Groeningen is this year's Master of Future Frames, an initiative of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and European Film Promotion that puts young film talent in the spotlight.

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Kristof Hoornaert starts shooting feature film debut Resurrection Today the shoot of Resurrection, the feature debut of author-director Kristof Hoornaert, starts in Brussels. We see Johan Leysen and Gilles De Schryver in the leading roles. Hoornaert previously made a name for himself with short films such as Caïn and Empire.

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Flemish animation sector presents itself in Annecy The Flemish animation sector will receive a special platform for the first time during the Annecy International Animation Festival.

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The Royal Belgian Film Archive celebrates Lydia Chagoll's 85th birthday The Royal Belgian Film Archive will soon organize a meeting with the filmmaker on the occasion of Lydia Chagoll's 85th birthday, followed by a screening of the film Frans Buyens-Lydia Chagoll.

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King Baudouin Foundation supports expansion of e-Mission to film training The King Baudouin Foundation supports the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF) in rolling out its e-Mission operation to the various film courses at Flemish colleges.

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No more Teletext on Belgian TV The Flemish with a love for Teletext can only indulge today. At midnight, the Belgian broadcaster VRT will pull the plug on the service. The broadcaster announced in January that it would stop using Teletext, because visitor numbers are declining rapidly.

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Preview documentary about Theo van den Boogaard at Stripdagen Haarlem The documentary The Four Winters by Theo van den Boogaard will soon be shown in De Filmschuur in Haarlem as part of the Comic Strip Days. It will then be broadcast as part of The Hour of the Wolf on NPO 2.

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