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tv-visie • 9 j

Cartoon Network is looking for young creative talent Cartoon Network has long been a breeding ground for the animation world.

filmtotaal • 9 j

Schokkend Nieuws organizes fundraiser Schokkend Nieuws is organizing a fundraiser, film quiz and film auction on Saturday, September 5. The magazine is struggling with declining advertising revenue and has therefore decided to organize a one-off fundraiser.

ad • 9 j

Filmmaker from The Hague makes psychological thriller The Hague filmmaker Ross Walker (33) will produce a psychological thriller. We are currently trying to raise money through crowdfunding and that is going quite well."

focus • 9 j

Gust Van den Berghe's 'Lucifer' wins another international film prize Gust Van den Berghe won the Grand Jury Prize at the New Horizons International Film Festival in Poland last weekend with Lucifer. One week he won the Prize for Best Feature Film at the International Film Festival in Mexico.

animatieblog • 9 j

Ultra-short Full Feather Jacket pre-film for Mission: Impossible 5 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation premieres this week. Anyone who watches Tom Cruise's new action film in one of the Pathé cinemas will be served a nice extra: Full Feather Jacket. That is the very first of the new crop of Ultrashort films.

vaf • 9 j

Two international awards for Lucifer in one week Gust Van den Berghe won the Grand Jury Prize at the New Horizons International Film Festival in Poland last weekend with his feature film Lucifer. A week ago, the film also won the Prize for Best Feature Film at the Guanajuato International Film Festival in Mexico.

vaf • 9 j

Shooting of Peter Monsaert's second feature film will start soon Director and screenwriter Peter Monsaert will start the shoot of Le Ciel Flamand, his second feature after Offline, in the first week of August. The leading roles are played by Wim Willaert, Sara Vertongen and Ingrid De Vos.

radio • 9 j

Dutch drama and documentary popular abroad 4World Drama will be launched in Great Britain this fall: a new video on demand service focused on non-English drama series. It is a collaboration between Global Series Network and Channel 4.

ad • 9 j

Pluk de Nacht is also popular in Utrecht Outdoor films and open-air cinemas are becoming more popular. The Pluk de Nacht Open Air Film Festival expects around 2000 visitors. "The range of films on the internet and TV is so enormous that people long for others to make a selection.

vice • 9 j

Brazil will use drones to track slave labor The Brazilian government will use drones in a new effort to eradicate human trafficking in the country's remote areas. Six drones with video cameras are heading to areas where workers are forced to languish in slavery.

demorgen • 9 j

Matthias Schoenaerts with two films at the Venice Film Festival These are 'A Bigger Splash' by Italian director Luca Guadagnino and 'The Danish Girl' by British director Tom Hooper. The list of the 21 selected films was presented today in Rome.

z24 • 9 j

Documentary proves: copyright on 'Happy Birthday' is invalid Every time you loudly say “Happy Birthday” on a birthday, you are infringing copyright. At least, according to Warner Chappell Music, the music publishing arm of Warner Music Group. But a lawsuit could change that.

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