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netwerkscenario • 10 j

Film Fund organizes lecture on Adaptation Rights The Dutch Film Fund and the TorinoFilmlab are organizing a lecture on adaptation rights. The speaker is Pierre-Emmanuel Mouthuy, founder of Mouthuy Avocats (Brussels).

filmkrant • 10 j

'Silent cinema' places you collectively in a bubble At Roffa Mon Amour, visitors are given headphones with which they can follow the film. 'Your finest selection of outrageous, eccentric cinema' is the subtitle of the open-air event that will take place from 22 to 26 July at Hofplein Station in Rotterdam.

nu • 10 j

Swedish-owned Dutch internet video company Zoomin Swedish media company MTG has acquired a majority stake in Dutch internet video supplier Zoomin. MTG acquires 51 percent of the shares and values the company at 88 million euros with this transaction.

nu • 10 j

Adam Sandler reflects on discrimination incident on set Adam Sandler calls the discrimination incident on the set of his film The Ridiculous Six a "misunderstanding". In April, a group of 'native Americans' left the set due to alleged discrimination. The group of actors found the script offensive.

volkskrant • 10 j

British tabloid publishes video of Queen saluting Hitler The British royal family has been embarrassed by a video showing Queen Elizabeth as a little girl making a Hitler salute. Tabloid The Sun posted the decades-old video online on Friday.

nu • 10 j

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.

deredactie • 10 j

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.

vaf • 10 j

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.

demorgen • 10 j

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.

parool • 10 j

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 • 10 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 • 10 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.

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