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Moscow bans controversial film festival A Russian film festival, famous for the controversial films it screens, has been canceled. The Moscow City Council abruptly stopped financing the thirteenth edition of Moscow Premiere.

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Filmmaker Jeannice Adriaansens wins film prize at Italian festival Jeannice Adriaansens from the Pyramide neighborhood near IJzendijke has won the prize for the best fiction film talent at a film festival in Lucania, Italy, for her short film Springtij. The film is about an older lady and a boy who find each other in their loneliness.

omroepzeeland • 10 j

'Madame Bovary' opens for best book adaptation Film by the Sea The twelve films for the film and literature competition at the Film by the Sea film festival have been announced. The battle for the best book adaptation opens with the classic 'Madame Bovary'.

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Short film by Koen Mortier at Raindance Film Festival The short film 'Playing Away from Home' by director Koen Mortier (Ex Drummer) has been selected for the Raindance Film Festival in London. The 23rd edition runs this year from September 23 to October 4, 2015.

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Jan Bultheels Cafard to Busan International Film Festival Cafard, the animated film by Jan Bultheel based on historical facts, has been invited to the Busan International Film Festival (South Korea, October 1-10). The film will be shown in its international premiere as part of the Wide Angle Animation program.

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Disney is investing billions in two Star Wars theme parks Bob Iger, the top manager of the Disney group, announced the investment in the Star Wars theme parks on Saturday night. These are two new amusement parks, right next to the existing parks Disneyland - in Anaheim, California - and Disney World - in Orlando, Florida.

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Martin Scorsese supports the 'gun neutral' plan Acclaimed American director Martin Scorsese supports a British artist's plan to destroy a real weapon for every fake weapon used in a film. For the next film in which Scorsese has a part (as producer), 'Tomorrow', the idea of the British artist Carl McCrow is applied.

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Matthias Schoenaerts casts people with different ethnic backgrounds Actor Matthias Schoenaerts is half owner of the casting agency Hakuna, an agency that focuses on people with an exotic ethnic background. “In the media, just like in society as a whole, there is an underemployment of people with a different ethnic background.

mediadesknederland • 10 j

14 European filmmakers to Korea European Film Promotion (EFP) supports European filmmakers in promoting films in Asia during the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). This year the Korean festival takes place from October 1 to October 10.

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Belgian producer Pierre Drouot is a guest in Cinematek This autumn, Cinematek presents a cycle of films that were produced, directed or realized by Pierre Drouot during his directorship at the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF). This happens in the context of “Belgorama”, a program dedicated to Belgian film.

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Documentary film about LGBT parenthood banned in Australian state The Australian documentary film Gayby Baby is not allowed to be shown in schools in the Australian state of New South Wales. The state's minister of education sent a letter to all schools stating that the film may not be shown at school.

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10th BUTFF dedicated to banned films The 10th edition of the B-film, UnderGround and Trash Film Festival (BUTFF) will take place in Breda from 2 to 6 September. The 10th edition of the BUTFF focuses on banned films.

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