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Belgium

frontpage • 10 j

Amnesty starts petition for director Sentsov Amnesty International has started a petition for Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov.

telegraaf • 10 j

Public broadcaster's entertainment ban appears to be a wash The entertainment ban for the public broadcaster appears to be a wash. The entertainment will continue to be shown on the NPO, because the PvdA has arranged that these programs can remain through the back door.

cinekid • 10 j

Actor Fynn Henkel (18) passed away 18-year-old German actor Fynn Henkel died earlier this week at the Sziget festival.

frontpage • 10 j

Oscar winner gives editing masterclass at NFF The renowned American film editor William Goldenberg is this year's guest of honor at a masterclass at the Dutch Film Festival. The Dutch Association of Cinema Editors announced this on Monday. The NCE is organizing this masterclass for the fifth time this year.

animatieblog • 10 j

Dutch animated film nominated for the Cartoon d'Or The Cartoon d'Or is an award for the Best Short Animated Film in Europe. The prestigious award is presented annually and has had famous winners in the past such as Nick Park, Sylvain Chomet and Michael Dudok de Wit.

mediadesknederland • 10 j

Cartoon Springboard for young animation professionals is looking for makers CARTOON Springboard is a new pitching initiative from CARTOON for student animation projects, bridging the gap between schools and industry.

denachtvlinders • 10 j

Horror author HP Lovecraft celebrated with film and concept art Last Thursday marked the 125th anniversary of Howard Phillips Lovecraft's birth in Providence.

filmtotaal • 10 j

First titles of the French-language Film Festival announced The International Festival of French Language Film (FIFF) is preparing to celebrate its 30th edition from October 2 to 9, 2015. On Friday, October 2, the festival will open with Prejudice.

1limburg • 10 j

Maastricht is getting a cross-border documentary festival Under the name DocFest, the first cross-border documentary festival will take place in Maastricht on September 18 and 19. Around the Sphinxkwartier there are workshops, debates, mini cinemas and a free open-air film.

mediacourant • 10 j

Popcorn Time is a threat to new media such as Netflix Popcorn Time poses an increasing threat to on-demand services such as Netflix and Videoland. Young people in particular use the free but illegal on-demand service a lot. This is evident from a study by the Dutch agency SAMR.

mediadesknederland • 10 j

Mediadesk places planning subsidy calls The Executive Agency (EACEA) in Brussels recently published the (provisional) planning of the Creative Europe/MEDIA grant calls. The grant calls are divided into the following subgroups: Producers, Distribution & Exhibition, Training, Promotion and Festivals and Funds.

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Macedonia joins Creative Europe, Ukraine is a candidate Following the entry of Moldova, Georgia and Turkey with partial access to Creative Europe's MEDIA sub-programme (and full access to the Culture programme), Macedonia has had full access to the MEDIA sub-programme since 28 July 2015.

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