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A wedding, Stephan Streker’s new film, will have its international premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, being held this year from the 8th to the 18th of September. The director’s third feature film will be shown in the “Discovery” section whose program was revealed on the 23rd of August. The film will also be showing end of August at the Festival du Film francophone d’Angoulême.

L’immense retour (romance), directed by Manon Coubia, has been selected for the 69th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, which takes place from 3 to 13 August 2016.

During the closing ceremony of the Annecy Animation Festival held on the 18th of June, Back to School by Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier won the Jury Award for a TV special. 

The 51th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival begins on the 1st July. Three films from Wallonia Brussels will be presented.

Both the press and the public reacted enthusiastically to After Love, Joachim Lafosses’ seventh feature film, following its world premiere at the Director’s Fortnight this year in Cannes.

The unknown girl, the Dardenne brothers’ new film, will premiere in Competition during the 69th Cannes Film Festival that will be held from the 11th to the 22nd of May. Several Belgian French-speaking co-productions and talents also feature in the Official Selection.

The Golden Globes nominations were announced this Thursday morning by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in Beverly Hills, California. The Brand New Testament by Jaco van Dormael has been nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and will compete with The Club (Chile), The Fencer (Finland), Mustang (France) and Son of Saul (Hungary).

LES PREMIERS LES DERNIERS , fourth feature film by Bouli Lanners, has been selected in the prestigious Panorama section at the 66th International Film Festival of Berlin that will be held from the 11th to the 21st of February 2016. The selection marks the return of the Belgian filmmaker to Berlin where he had presented ULTRANOVA, his first feature film, in 2005. 

This Thursday morning in Hollywood, the Executive Committee of the Best Foreign Language Film category for the Academy Awards announced the shortlist of nine films that remain in contention for the award after the first round of voting. 

Guy-Marc Hinant will present his documentary to the prestigious festival of Copenhagen.

The national selection commitee has chosen The Brand New Testament by Jaco Van Dormael to represent Belgium at the Oscars in the « Best Film in a Foreign Language » category.

Saturday evening, during the closing ceremony of the 63rd San Sebastian Film Festial, the international jury, chaired by Danish actress Paprika Steen, awarded the Silver Shell for Best Director to Joachim Lafosse for The White Knights. After Toronto last week, the film had its European premiere in San Sebastian, one of the oldest and most prestigious festivals of the continent. Visibly captivated by the film, the Basque audience saluted with long minutes of applause Joachim Lafosse and Louise Bourgoin who both came to present the film.

Keeper by Guillaume Senez won the Label Europa Cinemas

The White Knights, Joachim Lafosse’s sixth feature, will compete in the brand new section of the Toronto International Film Festival.