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Belgica en The Land of the Enlightened in Competitie op Sundance Belgica, the new feature film by Felix van Groeningen, will have its world premiere at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in the American state of Utah. The Land of the Enlightened, Pieter-Jan De Pue's debut, has also received an invitation to Sundance.

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Brake on takeover of Belgian Utopolis cinemas The Belgian Competition Authority has serious doubts about the takeover of the Belgian Utopolis cinemas by Kinepolis. The file is entering a second phase of investigation. Kinepolis took over sector colleague Utopolis this summer.

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Prizes for Belgian short Billy The Bully at the film festival in Amiens Billy The Bully, the short film by Wannes Destoop, has won three awards at the Amiens International Film Festival in France. The film was chosen by a jury of students as winner of the 'Prix des Enfants de la Licorne', the prize for Best Short Film in Competition.

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Double prize for Cafard at film festival in Armenia Cafard, the animated feature film by Jan Bultheel, has been awarded the Public Jury Award in the Feature Film category during the ReAnimania International Animation Festival of Yerevan in Armenia.

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Belgian film Labyrinthus wins prizes in India The Belgian film Labyrinthus, Douglas Boswell's feature debut, has once again won awards. The film won the Second Prize at the festival's Matureen jury.

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Sahim Omar Kalifa's Bad Hunter shortlisted for Oscars Bad Hunter by Kurdish-Flemish director Sahim Omar Kalifa is one of the 10 titles shortlisted for this year's Oscar for Best Short Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced this today.

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Strong start for Black; film sold to France Black, the new feature film by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, attracted almost 54,000 visitors to Belgian cinemas during its first week. In addition, Paris-based Paname Distribution has acquired the rights for France. Black is the story of 15-year-old Mavela.

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Kinepolis attracts 4.1% more visitors The cinema group attracted 4.1 percent more visitors in the third quarter than a year ago. The 4.9 million visitors also spent more money on film tickets, drinks and snacks.

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Belgian film inspection in need of renewal The adjustment of the film inspection is certainly necessary, but will have to wait "at least a few months". This is what Minister of Culture Sven Gatz (Open VLD) says in "The world today".

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Film Secrets of War shown at Anne Frank Center in New York The Dutch children's film Secrets of War was shown on Saturday, November 14, at the Anne Frank Center in New York. Producers Rinkel Film and Bijker Film & TV announced this on Thursday.

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Michaël R. Roskam started shooting Berlin Station Director Michaël R. Roskam, known for Rundskop and The Drop, starts this week in Berlin with the shoot of the American series Berlin Station, a contemporary spy drama starring Richard Armitage and Rhys Ifans. The Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF) reported this today.

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Animated feature Trippel Trappel back in the cinema The bankruptcy of distributor A-Film almost put a stop to the wheel, but Trippel Trappel: Animal Sinterklaas can be seen on the silver screen again. Trippel Trappel: Animal SinterklaasTrippel Trappel was directed by Albert 't Hooft and Paco Vink.

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