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Coma
Bertrand Bonello
With the peculiar 'corona film' Coma, French iconoclast Bertrand Bonello puts the dream theory of philosopher Gilles Deleuze and your brain together in a blender. Try waking up from that!
Competition Belgian Student Shorts 2022
Since 2010 the Award for Best Belgian Student Short has been awarded to selected students attending official film schools in Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia. The prize has a value of €5.000. A professional jury will judge the Belgian Student Short Competition, which usually ...
Corsage
Marie Kreutzer
Marie Kreutzer frees Empress Elisabeth of Austria literally and figuratively from her historical straightjacket in Corsage, which shows the oppressive life of an older Sisi.
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Dag van de leerkracht 2022
On Thursday, 18 October 2022 Film Fest Gent will organise an inspiration day for teachers in collaboration with JEF. On this day you will discover different ways and possibilities to utilise film in your classroom in order to enhance your students' media skills.
Daysleeper
Enzo Smits
This short film is part of International Shorts 2.
De humani corporis fabrica
Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel
Anthropologist-filmmakers Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor explore the human body in their high-tech update of anatomy study De Humani Corporis Fabrica. A visually striking blend of documentary and science fiction.
The Debutante
Elizabeth Hobbs
This short film is part of International Shorts 2.
Devotion
J.D. Dillard
In the war film Devotion, J.D. Dillard shows the forgotten Korean War (1950 - 1953) through the eyes of a black American pilot and his wingman.
Don't Touch
Ahmed Shamil
This short film is part of A Film School in Mosul.
Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel
Amélie van Elmbt, Maya Duverdier
Just before the iconic Chelsea Hotel gets a thorough facelift, documentary makers Maya Duverdier and Amélie van Elmbt delve into the past of this symbol of sixties counterculture.
Drii Winter (A Piece of Sky)
Michael Koch
In Drii Winter, Michael Koch swaps the metropolitan misery from his lauded debut Marija for an idyllic romance in the mountains. Or so it seems anyway.
Drown (파로호)
Lim Sang-su
Horror creeps into social drama in this intriguing debut from South Korean filmmaker Lim Sang-su.
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Echo
Ruben Desiere
With Echo Ruben Desiere offers a surprising glimpse into the training of Belgian soldiers, who are subjected to almost theatrical role-plays and the authority of an amiable commander.
elephantfish
Meltse van Coillie
This short film is part of Launch Kortfilm.be 3.0.
Empire of Light
Sam Mendes
The pen of director Sam Mendes and the brush of his chief of photography Roger Deakins conjure up a profoundly human ode to love and cinema.
En los márgenes (On the Fringe)
Juan Diego Botto
Evictions leave tens of thousands of Spanish families out in the cold every year. The tense ensemble drama En los márgenes, led by performances from Penélope Cruz and Luis Tosar, makes a fist against social injustice.
Epicenter (소문의 진원지)
Hahm Hee-yoon
This short film is part of International Shorts 3.
Exposing Muybridge
Marc Shaffer
Do a horse's four legs come off the ground together during a gallop? How the demand for such a fait divers paved the way for the rise of cinema in the 19th century is shown in Exposing Muybridge.
Eyes of Darkness (Eyes of Darkness)
Kawthar Ahmed
This short film is part of A Film School in Mosul.
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Fairytale (Сказка)
Aleksandr Sokurov
Russian film auteur Sokurov places Hitler, Stalin, Churchill and others in a deepfake purgatory.
Falcon Lake (13+)
Charlotte Le Bon
Part summer idyll about first love, part ghostly youth film, the directorial debut of Canadian actress Charlotte Le Bon is an equally sweet and unheimlich story about the emotional growing pains of young adolescents.
The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra (다섯 번째 흉추)
Park Sye-young
Possibly the strangest film of Film Fest Gent 2022, The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra follows the journey of a mattress fungus in search of love ... This sparkling, restless and unexpectedly wholesome debut is guaranteed to grow a cult following.
Le film de l'été (The Summer Movie)
Emmanuel Marre
This short film is part of Launch Kortfilm.be 3.0.
Film Fest Gent 2022 Closing Party
Celebrate the end of days of cinephilia with a stylish (and free!) closing party in Vooruit.
Film Fest Gent Talkies
At the festival you can enjoy our talkshow Film Fest Gent Talkies in the Film Fest Café.
Film, the Living Record of Our Memory
Ines Toharia
An illuminating ode to film archives that highlights the importance of preserving every last bit of film.
Finns Hiel (Finn's Heel)
Cato Kusters
This short film is part of Competition for Belgian Student Shorts.
The Fruit Tree
Isabelle Tollenaere
This short film is part of International Shorts 3.
Fumer fait tousser (Smoking Causes Coughing)
Quentin Dupieux
Quentin Dupieux proves once again that you don't need a lot of time, money or a complex story to make a unique, entertaining film. His latest is a parody within a parody starring a kitschy superhero team.
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Generations On Tour - Call Jane
GENERATIONS On Tour brings different generations closer together. Both young and older audiences will go to the cinema and watch Call Jane. After the screening, both generations will meet each other in the film café for an inspiring chat over a free drink with a bite. The film ...
A Ghost Story
David Lowery
The extraordinary A Ghost Story embraces mystery and grief in David Lowery's serene narrative cloaked in long takes and a square aspect ratio. Future and past silently intersect, like the ghost and his lover in this small and precious ghost film.
Gigi la legge (The Adventures of Gigi the Law)
Alessandro Comodin
In Gigi la legge, Alessandro Comodin shadows a cop to map a seemingly idyllic Italian rural village.