Audience Awards

Film Fest Ghent wants to know what you think. After each screening you can show your appreciation for the film with your festival ticket. This can be done online by voting with your unique ticket number, or by tearing a box on your physical ticket and depositing it in the ballot box at the screening location.

North Sea Port Audience Award

The winner of the North Sea Port Audience Award gets chosen by you. The winning film is supported with a distribution premium of €5,000 and a media campaign worth €12,000.

North Sea Port Audience Award 2023
The Old Oak by Ken Loach

North Sea Port Audience Award 2022
Oink by Mascha Halberstad

North Sea Port Audience Award 2021
The Worst Person In the World van Joachim Trier

North Sea Port Audience Award 2020
For Sama by Waad al-Kateab & Edward Watts

Canvas Audience Award 2020
Drunk by Thomas Vinterberg

North Sea Port Audience Award 2019
Muidhond by Patrice Toye

Canvas Audience Award 2019
And Then We Danced by Levan Akin

North Sea Port Audience Award 2018
Capharnaum by Nadine Labaki

Canvas Audience Award 2018
Cold War by Pawel Pawlikowski

Port of Ghent Audience Award 2017
Rabot by Christina Vandekerckhove

Canvas Audience Award 2017
INSYRIATED by Philippe Van Leeuw

Port of Ghent Audience Award 2016
Home by Fien Troch

Canvas Audience Award 2016
Home by Fien Troch

Port of Ghent Public Choice Award 2015
Black by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah

Canvas Audience Award 2015
Carol by Todd Haynes

Port of Ghent Public Choice Award 2014
Pride by Matthew Warchus

Canvas Audience Award 2014
Il Capitale Umano by Paolo Virzì

Port of Ghent Public Choice Award 2013
Short Term 12 by Destin Daniel Cretton

Canvas Audience Award 2013
The Lunchbox by Ritesh Batra

Port of Ghent Public Choice Award 2012
Jagten by Thomas Vinterberg

Canvas Audience Award 2012
Jagten by Thomas Vinterberg

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Port of Ghent Public Choice Award 2011
Senna by Asif Kapadia

Canvas Audience Award 2011
We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lynne Ramsay

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Port of Ghent Public Choice Award 2010
Die Fremde by Feo Aladag

Canvas Audience Award 2010
Submarino by Thomas Vinterberg

Port of Ghent Public Choice Award 2009
The Cove by Louie Psihoyos

Canvas Audience Award 2009
The Stoning of Soraya M by Cyrus Nowrasteh

Port of Ghent Public Choice Award 2008
Young@Heart by Stephen Walker

Canvas Audience Award 2008
Hunger by Steve McQueen

Prime Audience Award 2007
Blindsight by Lucy Walker

Canvas Audience Award 2007
Auf der anderen Seite by Fatih Akın

Fnac Audience Award 2006
When The Road Bends by Jasmine Dellal

Canvas Audience Award 2006
El Metódo by Marcelo Piñeyro

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Fnac Audience Award 2005
Het paard van Sinterklaas by Mischa Kamp

Canvas Audience Award 2005
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul by Fatih Akın

Fnac Audience Award 2004
The Syrian Bride by Eran Riklis

Canvas Audience Award 2004
La finestra di fronte by Ferzan Özpetek

National Lottery Audience Award For Best Documentary 2004
Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster by Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky

Fnac Audience Award 2003
De zaak Alzheimer by Erik Van Looy

Fnac Audience Award 2002
Stones by Ramón Salazar

Fnac Audience Award 2001
Les enfants de l'amour by Geoffrey Enthoven

Fnac Audience Award 2000
Billy Elliot by Stephen Daldry

Audience Awards

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