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mediadesknederland • 10 j

European Commission launches campaign for crowdsourced subtitling The European Commission is investing one million euros in a so-called preparatory action in which innovative solutions (such as crowdfunding) are investigated for subtitling European audiovisual works.

zita • 10 j

Flemish Film Awards nominees announced The Flemish Film Prizes are awarded on the last day of the Ostend Film Festival. Jan Leyers is the chairman of the jury this year and will announce on January 19 who or what will win a film prize, better known as an Ensor.

pzc • 10 j

Documentary about the French Battle on Film by the Sea The documentary 'The French Battle in Zeeland' will premiere at the upcoming edition of Film by the Sea. The premiere is Saturday September 12.

nu • 10 j

Stage director does not take action against actor for having sex with students Theater director Theu Boermans sees no reason to take action against actor Jappe Claes, who, according to an article in the Volkskrant, had sex with students at the theater school. "It is a serious matter if it is true, but the Volkskrant article remains too much in the anonymous rumor sphere for me." says Boermans in an interview with Volkskrant Magazine.

nl • 10 j

British people fall head over heels for Goedele Liekens' sex lesson The documentary 'Sex in Class' by sex guru Goedele Liekens, which was recently shown on British TV, turned out to be a great success. Liekens' approach is quite direct by British standards.

focus • 10 j

'Waste Land' top favorite for Flemish film awards With thirteen nominations in fourteen categories, 'Waste Land' by director Pieter Van Hees is the absolute top favorite for the Flemish Film Awards, the so-called Ensors. The film awards will be presented on September 19 in Ostend.

deredactie • 10 j

American film crew for the shooting of "Emperor" in Ghent "Emperor" is a historical film by director Lee Tamahori, set in the 16th century during the time of Emperor Charles. Well-known actors such as Adrien Brody, Rutger Hauer and Oliver Platt take on the leading roles.

zdnet • 10 j

Illegal Netflix competitor targeted by hackers Hackers can take control of your computer by exploiting a vulnerability in Popcorn Time. Researcher Antonios Chariton told this to the website Torrent Freak. Popcorn Time is currently one of the most popular programs for watching pirated video content.

entertainmentbusiness • 10 j

More visitors for Dutch film festivals in 2014 The Dutch Association of Cinema Operators (BVB) and the Dutch Association of Film Distributors (NVF) today published their joint annual report 2014 online. One segment in which film attendance has increased is film festivals.

omroepzeeland • 10 j

'Schone Handen' shown during the jeans premiere The film for the denim premiere of Film by the Sea has been announced. It is the Dutch film Schone Handen, a crime drama based on a novel by René Appel. The leading roles are played by Thekla Reuten and Jeroen van Koningsbrugge.

parool • 10 j

Amsterdam's film specialty beer crosses the border Cinema Brewers, the initiative of a group of cinephiles from Amsterdam who come up with beers to be drunk with specific films, is going abroad. On August 19, the film Paradise Trips will premiere in Flemish cinemas in Belgium.

focus • 10 j

Hiroshima commemorated with film classic 'Hiroshima mon amour' On August 6, 1945, American pilot Paul Tibbets dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Seventy years after the bomb was dropped, 'Hiroshima mon amour' is again showing in Dutch cinemas.

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