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On October 7, 2005, Peter Vermeersch will for the first time perform his new soundtrack for The Oyster Princess, a silent film by legendary filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch. This world premier at the Vooruit Arts Centre is a co-production between the npo Bonk, the Festival of Flanders-Ghent & the Historic Cities, the International Film Festival of Flanders, Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Motives Festival Genk, Opéra National de Paris and de Singel.

The World Soundtrack Academy releases the list of nominees for the three principal categories in the World Soundtrack Awards, the most pre-eminent international prizes for the recognition of film music: Soundtrack Composer of the Year, Best Original Soundtrack of the Year - Orchestral and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The names of the winners will be announced in Ghent on Saturday, October 15.

The 32nd edition of The Flanders International Film Festival will be dedicated to Robert Wise, the Producer-Director of West Side Story and The Sound of Music, who passed away, Wednesday September 14, just after becoming 91. The former President of the Festival's International Jury was a good friend of Jacques Dubrulle, the President and animator of the Festival. In that way the whole team of the festival wanted to share the condolences with the deceased's family and pay this Hollywood giant himself a well deserved tribute.

The film Merry Christmas, a tragicomedy based on a true story from World War I, is to be the opening film of the 32nd Flanders international Film Festival - Ghent (11-22 October). This film, a European co-production, will be screened on Tuesday 11 October at the Kinepolis cinema in Ghent in the presence of director Christian Carion, the actrice Diane Krüger and producer Christophe Rossignon.

From 11 through 22 October, the spotlight will once again be on Ghent. This is when the 32nd edition of the Flanders International Film Festival - Ghent is taking place. Special attention will be paid to Russia and recent Russian cinema. Activism in the cinema will also be given a place of honour. The highlight of the latter section is "Fusebox" in the Arts Centre Vooruit, featuring Patti Smith and Tom Verlaine. Other important guests at the 32nd Flanders International Film Festival - Ghent are: David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen (A History of Violence), François Ozon and Jeanne Moreau (Le Temps Qui Reste), Mike Leigh and Imelda Staunton, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Victoria Abril and Zbigniew Preisner.

The Dutch youth film Het Paard van Sinterklaas, that has its Belgian premiere at the Film Festival Ghent, has just won the price for best youth film at the Film festival of Utrecht. The childrens jury said the film was 'funny and moving'.

The opening film of the 32nd Flanders International Filmfestival Ghent, Merry Christmas has been selected by the CNC to officially represent the French film as Best Foreign Film at the Oscars in 2006.

• David Cronenberg, Viggo Mortensen, Francois Ozon, Jeanne Moreau, and Mike Leigh among the expected guests to attend the 32nd edition of the Flanders International Film Festival - Ghent. • Festival programme focuses on Russia and Cinema and Activism. Two world premieres, two international premieres and seven European premieres at this year's Film Festival Ghent.

The films that are part of "the impact of music on film" competition, are the festival's pride. You don't want to miss a single one of them? Order a special competition pass. It only costs 62€, which is hardly nothing for 13 Benlux or even European premières. There 're all beauty's, officially selected, that will be shown in theaters in the next months. Buy this pass before 14/10 at the price of € 62 and you will receive all 13 tickets immediatly, that's a reduction of € 48,50!

Angelo Badalamenti, for his score for Un Long Dimanche de Fianciailles is the winner of the 'Soundtrack Composer of the Year' Award. These prestigious film music prizes were distributed this Saturday October 15, for the fifth time on a row during the Flanders International Film Festival Ghent. The music of War of the Worlds by John Williams received the Prize for Best Original Soundtrack of the Year and Old Habbits Die Hard by Dave Stewart & Mick Jagger from Alfie was recognized for the Award for 'Best Original Song Written for Film'.