Flemish “Oscars” will stay gender-neutral
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Flemish “Oscars” will stay gender-neutral

Top Stories Tamfitronics It’s not about the statuettes, but about the different award categories where actors and actresses compete against each other The Ensors is the name of the annual awards presented to the best Flemish actors, films and TV series every year at the end of the prestigious Ostend Film Festival, which takes place in February. Two years ago, these awards made a bit of a regional splash in the news headlines when the organizers announced that from then on, the Ensors would be gender-neutral, a decision which was recently confirmed despite some fresh rounds of criticism. The ”gender-neutral” determination does not refer to the statues, which just like the Oscars consist of a human figure of somewhat undetermined gender, but rather to the award categories. In other words, the decision essentially...
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