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German low-budget director Uwe Boll is done with crowdfunding German director Uwe Boll has indicated that he will never use crowdfunding again to finance his films. In a YouTube video, the filmmaker states in strong words that he is completely done with crowdfunding campaigns.

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Frank Martinus Arion's 'Double Play' is being made into a film Publisher De Bezige Bij has sold the rights for the book adaptation of the novel Dubbelspel by the Curaçaoan writer Frank Martinus Arion.

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Hungary sends Son of Saul to the Oscars Son of Saul, one of the most critically acclaimed films at this year's Cannes festival, is in the running for an Oscar nomination. Hungary is submitting the critically acclaimed Holocaust drama for the best foreign film category.

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Eddie Terstall makes a promotional feature film about Zeeland Flanders Eddy Terstall is making a feature film about Zeeland Flanders. The film is intended to improve the image of the area. "People keep a feature film in their minds better than an ordinary promotional film," says initiator Jan Lievens.

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Octopus film in the making in Ghent After the latest Asterix film, the Ghent animation company Grid is collaborating on the new animated film Deep. The underwater adventures of an adventurous octopus will be on display at the end of 2016. They work together with makers of Despicable Me.

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Never Sleep Again interviews director La Haine (audio) The French film La Haine dealt a direct blow to France's self-image. It showed the raw, violent and racist side of the country, seen through the eyes of three friends from the back streets of Paris. Maarten Westerveen speaks with filmmaker Victor D.

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Popcorn Time launches Porn Time Porn Time is the new initiative of the semi-illegal streaming service Popcorn Time. The free counterpart of Netflix now promises to offer pornographic material in addition to films and series. Free content, no advertising.

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Digital media MTV buys Dutch app Maybe it's worth its weight in gold: an app that allows television, tablet and telephone to work together seamlessly.

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The eighties back on the silver screen Suddenly they hang ominously in the air: the eighties. With titles such as 'Mad Max: Fury Road', 'Jurassic World', 'Poltergeist', 'Terminator Genisys' and 'Star Wars Episode VII', we will inexorably go back in time thirty years through the cinema and television screen.

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The EYE collection will be shown in various countries this summer In addition to EYE's annual participation in Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna, where film history is presented from ever-changing angles, the EYE collection can also be seen this summer in Serbia, Mexico and the United States.

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Utrecht will have a one-off film festival around the Tour de France In the week prior to the Tour de France, a one-off film festival is organized in Utrecht. The festival program consists of almost forty documentaries, feature films, animated films and short films.

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IDFA starts "plein cinema" at Pakhuis de Zwijger IDFA is organizing a film outside the warehouse on several evenings this summer. Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam has a program of lectures, workshops and network meetings around technology, politics and economics. IDFA responds to this with its programming.

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