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Film company Miramax is for sale The Miramax film company may be sold. Investors are looking at sales opportunities. Bloomberg press service reports this based on insiders. The film company founded by brothers Harvey and Robert Weinstein could generate $1 billion, according to one of the sources.

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Creator of "Star Wars" receives prestigious award Director and film producer George Lucas is one of the laureates of the prestigious Kennedy Prize, a cultural award presented annually in the US. He receives the prize for his "Star Wars" epic, which became a worldwide success.

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Wouter Bouvijn invited to Ateliers d'Angers Director Wouter Bouvijn (Tweesprong) is one of the eight directors who can participate this year in Ateliers d'Angers, a workshop organized within the framework of the Premier Plans film festival in Angers, France.

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Belgian-Swedish filmmaker stars Grace Jones, Iggy Pop and Henry Rollins Musicians Iggy Pop, Grace Jones and Henry Rollins can be seen in the film Gutterdämmerung, directed by the Belgian-Swedish artist Bjorn Tagemos. The plot of the 'loudest film on earth' is bizarre to say the least.

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Toneelgroep Amsterdam adapts Woody Allen film for stage Toneelgroep Amsterdam will make a theater version of Woody Allen's film Husbands and Wives next year. The performance, directed by Simon Stone, will premiere at the Holland Festival 2016.

filmkrant • 9 j

Streaming wins over downloading The electronic devices we have in our homes are on for 15 hours every day, three hours more than in 2014. Much of that technology use concerns media and a lot is changing in that too. The willingness to pay for on-demand content is also increasing significantly.

vaf • 9 j

Flemish co-production Keeper to Locarno Guillaume Senez's Keeper, a co-production with Flanders, is part of the competition for debut films in Locarno. In addition to Schneider vs.

hollandfilmnieuws • 9 j

Belgian Kinepolis will take over Utopolis Cinema company Kinepolis will take over the Luxembourg cinema group Utopolis SA. The two companies have reached an agreement in principle on this. With the takeover, the five Utopia cinemas in the Netherlands will also come into Belgian hands.

filmindustry • 9 j

In the picture: Marlous de Jong from TACT agents In 2003, Marlous de Jong founded TACT-Agents. Initially to help a few actors with their contacts with producers for television series and musicals. That's how she entered the casting and production world.

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In the picture: IDFA fundraiser Elisabeth van Overloop Elisabeth van Overloop graduated as a documentary director from the Sint Lukas University of Applied Sciences in Brussels. She currently works as a sponsor and fundraiser at IDFA. She also studied arts and cultural management at Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

vice • 9 j

Obama interviews in federal prison are part of documentary President of the United States Barack Obama has announced that he will visit the El Reno federal prison in the state of Oklahoma this week. Obama is the first sitting US president to visit a federal prison.

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Belgian director Adil El Arbi loves 'fuckedupness' From Adil El Arbi's mouth, expletives like putain de merde and fucked up shit almost sound like sweet nothings. The young film director, who has just turned 27, is full of foul-mouthed charm. But with us, film is war."

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