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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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Belgian Kinepolis will take over Utopolis Cinema company Kinepolis will take over the Luxembourg cinema group Utopolis SA. The two companies have reached an agreement in principle on this. With the takeover, the five Utopia cinemas in the Netherlands will also come into Belgian hands.

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In the picture: Marlous de Jong from TACT agents In 2003, Marlous de Jong founded TACT-Agents. Initially to help a few actors with their contacts with producers for television series and musicals. That's how she entered the casting and production world.

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In the picture: IDFA fundraiser Elisabeth van Overloop Elisabeth van Overloop graduated as a documentary director from the Sint Lukas University of Applied Sciences in Brussels. She currently works as a sponsor and fundraiser at IDFA. She also studied arts and cultural management at Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

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Obama interviews in federal prison are part of documentary President of the United States Barack Obama has announced that he will visit the El Reno federal prison in the state of Oklahoma this week. Obama is the first sitting US president to visit a federal prison.

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Belgian director Adil El Arbi loves 'fuckedupness' From Adil El Arbi's mouth, expletives like putain de merde and fucked up shit almost sound like sweet nothings. The young film director, who has just turned 27, is full of foul-mouthed charm. But with us, film is war."

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Quentin Tarantino wants to make television Quentin Tarantino was a guest at Comic-Con this weekend to promote his new western 'The Hateful Eight. The director announced that he may turn his back on the film industry and switch to television with three miniseries.

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Docu over Hedwigepolder op Film by the Sea A documentary about the Hedwigepolder will premiere at the Film by the Sea festival in Vlissingen. According to the festival, Zeeland filmmaker Digna Sinke has made a good and solid documentary about the process that preceded the political decision to flood the polder.

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Documentary about living with a new liver People who have undergone a liver transplant are not sick, weak or nauseous. That is the message of the documentary 'Delivery Time' by documentary maker Gery Boneschansker from Middelburg.

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No Dutch films among EU prize winners During the film festival in Karlovy Vary on July 5, the ten nominated films that competed for the European Parliament's LUX Prize were announced. There was no Dutch project this year.

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European Parliament maintains panorama right for the time being Do you have to dock to depict this skyline? No, says the European Parliament. The 'freedom of panorama' has thus been saved for the time being. Yesterday the European Parliament voted on a recommendation on the 'freedom of panorama'.

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Flemish talent at the 50th edition of Karlovy Vary The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czech Republic, July 3-11) is celebrating its 50th edition this year. Michaël R. Roskam is also present.

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