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Belgian short film Flor de Mil Colores also goes to Sundance Flor de Mil Colores, the short documentary film by Karen Vázquez Guadarrama, has been invited to the Sundance Film Festival in the United States. The film will have its international premiere there.

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Belgian Sinterklaas film Ay Ramon! brings in 100,000 visitors Ay Ramon!, the Flemish Sinterklaas film directed by Stijn Coninx based on a screenplay by Hugo Matthysen, has more than exceeded the 100,000 visitor mark after six weeks and is therefore good for a Gold Award. The film is still showing in several cinemas.

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Both American release and remake for Belgian film D'Ardennen There will be an American release and a remake of Robin Pront's feature debut D'Ardennen. The news is confirmed by producer Bart Van Langendonck of the production house Savage Film.

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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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