Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has signed Tom Van Avermaet, the director of Death of a Shadow which is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film this year. Celebrity names represented by CAA include Steven Spielberg, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Madonna, Colin Firth and Matthias Schoenaerts who signed with the agency in February last year.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, CAA represents over 4,500 creatives. The CAA agents team appointed to represent Van Avermaet consists of Maha Dakhil, Hylda Queally and Jon Cassir.

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Felix van Groeningen's The Broken Circle Breakdown, which received its international première as part of this year's Panorama Special programme at the Berlinale (7 - 17 February), has won the Europa Cinemas Label for Best European Film in that section. Through the Label, the film will now receive the support of the Europa Cinemas Network, with additional promotion and incentives for exhibitors to extend the film’s run on screen.

The jury issued the following statement: 'Felix van Groeningen is a real filmmaker. This is a beautiful and original way of looking at a mother and father’s relationship with their terminally sick daughter.'

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With the end of this year’s Berlinale in sight, Felix van Groeningen’s The Broken Circle Breakdown can look back on a successful venture with international sales interest skyrocketing. The film’s sales agent, The Match Factory, reports that 20 distribution deals have been closed so far, while further negotiations with larger territories are running smoothly. After the enthusiasm of the festival audience in Berlin, distributors worldwide have also warmed to The Broken Circle Breakdown.

In addition to its gripping narrative, the film’s mesmerising bluegrass soundtrack and van Groeningen’s unmistakable directorial signature, a lot of praise goes to the accomplishments of the film’s main actors.

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Felix van Groeningen's Berlinale Panorama Special entry The Broken Circle Breakdown, has captured the hearts of festivalgoers at the Berlin International Film Festival (7-17 February). On Tuesday night, the film screened at the 1,400-seat Friedrichstadt-Palast, where it received a warm applause that lasted several minutes.

Director Felix van Groeningen and main actors Veerle Baetens and Johan Heldenbergh were visibly moved by the overwhelming applause, which continued all the way through the end credits.

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The Broken Circle Breakdown, the new film by Felix van Groeningen, has captured the hearts of the festivalgoers at the Berlin International Film Festival (7 – 17 February). On Tuesday night, the film screened at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, which seats 1,400, and received an applause that lasted several minutes.

Director Felix van Groeningen and main actors Veerle Baetens and Johan Heldenbergh were visibly moved by the overwhelming applause, which continued all the way through the end credits.

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After 11 weeks of shooting and an extensive postproduction period, Lars von Trier’s feature film Nymphomaniac is set for a late 2013 release. Flemish co-producer is Brussels production company Caviar. Several of the film’s scenes were also filmed on location in Flanders.

Nymphomaniac is a wild and poetical tale about the erotic journey of a woman from the moment she’s born until she is 50 years old. The principal character of the film, the self-acclaimed nymphomaniac Joe portrayed by actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, tells her own story

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Flemish Cultural Affairs Minister Joke Schauvliege has greenlit the Flanders Distribution Grant, a new initiative aimed at boosting Flemish productions which are being released theatrically abroad. The selective system, which will run as a pilot project throughout 2013, will be launched at the Berlin International Film Festival. The initiative is run by Flanders Image, the Flanders Audiovisual Fund’s (VAF) audiovisual export and promotion agency. The budget for the first year is €389,000 ($526,000).

While filmmakers were able to apply for financial support to travel to festivals, or to increase the visibility of their films at these festivals, until now there has been no comparable initiative to support the releases of Flemish films overseas.

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The Broken Circle Breakdown star Veerle Baetens joins the cast of Jan Verheyen's courtroom drama The Verdict (Het vonnis). Also confirmed are Johan Leysen (The American, The Spiral) and Koen De Bouw (Loft, The Memory of a Killer). Shooting starts on 11 February in Antwerp and Bruges a.o.

Baetens is to attend the Berlinale this year for the international première of Felix van Groeningen's Panorama Special-selectedThe Broken Circle Breakdown in which she plays Elise (28).

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