Concerts
World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert
PRESS PLAY: Music in Games
Buy your ticket for the 2023 concert PRESS PLAY: Music in Games
On 19 October 2023 Film Fest Gent organizes the concert PRESS PLAY: Music in Games, which will bring music composed for video games to life. Among others, music from composer Austin Wintory - known for award-winning games such as Journey and Abzû and who will also be hosting the concert - will be performed. On top of that a new award will be presented, the WSA Game Music Award, an award chosen by the audience. Tickets are available now.
Films from the 80s
Browse through some remarkable feature films that were shown at the festival during the 80s. Local Hero was the opening film in 1983 and 1984 in 1984. In 1982, the festival closed with Wim Wenders' Der Stand der Dinge.
The 80s in pictures
7th Internationaal Filmgebeuren 1980
The entrance to Studio Skoop during the 7th Internationaal Filmgebeuren.
9th Internationaal Filmgebeuren 1982
Midori Kurisaki is a guest with her film The Love Suicides at Sonezaki. You can also spot Jean-Marc Devos, Dirk De Meyer and Jacques Dubrulle.
10th Internationaal Filmgebeuren 1983
Filmmaker Bill Forsyth was a guest for the premiere of his film Local Hero (the opening film).
11th Internationaal Filmgebeuren 1984
Director Michael Radford and actress Suzanna Hamilton introduce the film 1984.
12th Internationaal Filmgebeuren 1985
Trevor Howard and his wife Helen Cherry are guests for the screening of Dust, a film by Marion Hänsel, which stars Jane Birkin and Trevor Howard.
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