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Patrice Toye
Patrice Toye (born Ghent, 1967) is a Belgian film director. Her 1998 film ''Rosie (1998 film), Rosie'' was selected as the Belgian entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, but was not nominated.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Filmography Short films * ''Vrouwen willen trouwen'' (1992) Feature films * ''Rosie (1998 film), Rosie'' (1998) * ''Nowhere Man (2008 film), Nowhere Man'' (2008) * ''Little Black Spiders'' (2012) * ''Tench (film), Tench (2019)'' References External links * 1967 births Living people Belgian film directors Place of birth missing (living people) Magritte Award winners {{Belgium-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghent
Ghent ( ; ; historically known as ''Gaunt'' in English) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders, and the third largest in the country, after Brussels and Antwerp. It is a Port of Ghent, port and Ghent University, university city. The city originally started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Leie. In the Late Middle Ages Ghent became one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe, with some 50,000 people in 1300. After the late 16th century Ghent became a less important city, resulting in an extremely well-preserved historic centre, that now makes Ghent an important destination of tourism. The municipality comprises the city of Ghent proper and the surrounding suburbs of Afsnee, Desteldonk, Drongen, Gentbrugge, Ledeberg, Mariakerke, East Flanders, Mariakerke, Mendonk, Oostakker, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Film Directors
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Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct language formerly spoken in Gallia Belgica *Belgian Dutch or Flemish, a variant of Dutch *Belgian French, a variant of French *Belgian horse (other), various breeds of horse *Belgian waffle, in culinary contexts * SS ''Belgian'', a cargo ship in service with F Leyland & Co Ltd from 1919 to 1934 *''The Belgian'', a 1917 American silent film See also * *Belgica (other) *Belgic (other) Belgic may refer to: * an adjective referring to the Belgae, an ancient confederation of Celto-Germanic tribes * a rarer adjective referring to the Low Countries or to Belgium * , several ships with the name * Belgic ware, a type of pottery * Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1967 Births
Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam troops launch ''Operation Deckhouse Five'' in the Mekong Delta. * January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts, in an attempt to eliminate the Iron Triangle (Vietnam), Iron Triangle. * January 13 – A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Étienne Eyadema. * January 15 – Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya; he names the species ''Proconsul nyanzae, Kenyapithecus africanus''. * January 23 ** In Munich, the trial begins of Wilhelm Harster, accused of the murder of 82,856 Jews (including Anne Frank) when he led German security police during the German occupation of the Netherlands. He is eventually sentenced to 15 years in prison. ** Milton Keynes in England is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tench (film)
The tench or doctor fish (''Tinca tinca'') is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including Britain and Ireland east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. It is also found in Lake Baikal. It normally inhabits slow-moving freshwater habitats, particularly lakes and lowland rivers.B. Whitton (1982). ''Rivers, Lakes and Marshes'' p 163. Hodder & Staughton, London. Taxonomy The tench was first formally described in as ''Cyprinus tinca'' by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae with its type locality given as "European lakes". In 1764 François Alexandre Pierre de Garsault proposed the new monospecific genus ''Tinca'', with ''Cyprinus tinca'' as the type species by absolute tautonymy. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classified ''Tinca'' in the subfamily Tincinae, alongside the genus '' Tanichthys'', while other authorities classified both these genera in the subfamil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Black Spiders
''Little Black Spiders'' is a 2012 Belgian drama film directed by Patrice Toye. The film is set in 1978 and tells the story of a group of teenage girls who are sent to a secluded maternity ward to give birth in secret. The film explores themes of social shame, hidden pregnancies, force adoptions and institutional control. Plot In 1978, sixteen-year-old Katja is sent to a secret attic ward in a hospital where pregnant teenage girls are hidden from society. Each girl has her own backstory—some are victims of abuse, others of social prejudice. Under the watch of strict nuns, the girls form close bonds while facing the harsh reality that their babies may be taken from them against their will. Based on real events The story of Little Black Spiders was inspired by real-life accounts of young unmarried girls in Belgium who were hidden away in so-called mother houses (moederhuizen) during the 1960s and 1970s. In particular, the film draws on testimonies connected to Tamar in Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowhere Man (2008 Film)
Nowhere Man may refer to: Music * "Nowhere Man" (song), a 1965 song by The Beatles ** ''Nowhere Man'' (EP), a 1966 EP by The Beatles featuring the song "Nowhere Man" * "Nowhere Man", a song by Anti-Nowhere League from '' We Are...The League'' * "The Nowhere Man", a song by The Veils from '' The Runaway Found'' Film and television * ''Nowhere Man'' (Taiwanese TV series), 2019 crime thriller drama series by Netflix * ''Nowhere Man'' (American TV series), 1995 drama series * ''Nowhere Man'' (''Heroes''), webseries based on the TV series ''Heroes'' * "Nowhere Man" (''Law & Order''), 2004 episode of ''Law & Order'' * ''Nowhere Man'' (film), 1991 Japanese film directed by and starring Naoto Takenaka * "Nowhere Man", episode of TV series '' Haven'' * ''Nowhere Man'', 1961 Soviet film starring Anatoli Papanov * ''Nowhere Man'', 2005 film written and directed by Tim McCann * ''The Nowhere Man'', 2005 film starring Lorenzo Lamas * Jeremy Hillary Boob or the "Nowhere Man", a fic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures. The Academy's corporate management and general policies are overseen by a board of governors, which includes representatives from each of the craft branches. As of April 2020, the organization was estimated to consist of around 9,921 motion picture professionals. The Academy is an international organization and membership is open to qualified filmmakers around the world. The Academy is known around the world for its annual Academy Awards, both officially and popularly known as "The Oscars". In addition, the Academy holds the Governors Awards annually for lifetime achievement in film; presents Academy Scientific and Technical Award, Scientific and Technical Awards annually; gives Student Aca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flanders
Flanders ( or ; ) is the Dutch language, Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, language, politics, and history, and sometimes involving neighbouring countries. The demonym associated with Flanders is Flemings, Fleming, while the corresponding adjective is Flemish people, Flemish, which can also refer to the collective of Dutch dialects spoken in that area, or more generally the Belgian variant of Standard Dutch. Most Flemings live within the Flemish Region, which is a federal state within Belgium with its own elected government. However, like Belgium itself, the official capital of Flanders is the City of Brussels, which lies within the Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, not the Flemish Region, and the majority of residents there are French speaking. The powers of the Flemish Government in Brussels are limited mainly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Soir
''Le Soir'' (, ) is a French-language Belgian daily newspaper. Founded in 1887 by Émile Rossel, it was intended as a politically independent source of news. Together with '' La Libre Belgique'', it is one of the most popular Francophone newspapers in both Brussels and Wallonia, and since 2005 has been published in Berliner format. It is owned by Rossel & Cie, which also owns several Belgian news outlets, as well as the French paper '' La Voix du Nord''. History and profile ''Le Soir'' was founded as a free advertising newspaper in 1887. Later it became a paying paper. When Belgium was occupied during the Second World War, ''Le Soir'' continued to be published under German censorship, unlike many Belgian newspapers which went underground. The paper, which became known as "Le Soir Volé" (or "Stolen Le Soir"), was parodied by the resistance group, the '' Front de l'Indépendance'' which in 1943 published a satirical pro-Allied edition of the paper, dubbed the " Faux Soir" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
71st Academy Awards
The 71st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best of 1998 in film and took place on March 21, 1999, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time Zone, PST / 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by American Broadcasting Company, ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the third time. She first hosted the 66th Academy Awards, 66th ceremony held in 1994 and had last hosted the 68th Academy Awards, 68th ceremony in 1996. Nearly a month earlier in a ceremony held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on February 27, the Academy Award for Technical Achievement, Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
