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In October, Film Fest Gent 2022 brings Chromatics frontman Johnny Jewel to Ghent for a Creative Partnership talk with Belgian director Fien Troch and editor Nico Leunen. American composer Daniel Hart will also visit FFG2022 together with director David Lowery to talk about their long-standing and inseparable creative collaboration since St. Nick en Ain't Them Bodies Saints.

Each year, Film Fest Gent puts film music and composers in the spotlight with an album release. This time around, Film Fest Gent is proud to present the new album 'Mark Isham: Music for Film'.

Monsieur le cinéma is no more. Jean-Luc Godard, the legendary director behind iconic films such as À bout de souffle (1960), Le mépris (1963) and Pierrot le fou (1965) has died at the age of 91. The body of work he leaves behind is immense, and above all: immortal. Moreover, the oeuvre made about the greatest modernist in cinema is, if anything, even greater. The 49th edition of Film Fest Gent therefore presents two brand new works about Godard: À vendredi, Robinson (Mitra Farahani) and Godard seul le cinéma (Cyril Leuthy).

The WSA Film Music Days offer a look behind the scenes of the world of film music. Filled with panel discussions, interviews and master classes, these talks are a great way to get to know the faces behind the scores. For professionals, students or film music lovers.

For its 49th edition (11 - 22 October), Film Fest Gent presents a challenging programme including six Oscar candidates (Klondike, The Quiet Girl, Alcarràs, Corsage, Drii Winter and the Belgian Close as the opening film), alongside new and classic Korean films and a range of films dealing with mental health. The short film competitions are more inspiring than ever and the Director’s Talks with filmmakers like Céline Sciamma and Lukas Dhont, Cristian Mungiu and Albert Serra promise to be thought-provoking. Both debutant and established film and film-music talents such as David Lowery, Marie Kreutzer, Im Sang-soo, Valentina Maurel, Léonor Serraille, Mark Isham, Bruno Coulais and Drive My Car composer Eiko Ishibashi will be present.

Film Fest Gent has added Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All, starring Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, and Mark Rylance to its Official Competition, which now has a line-up of 13 features in total. Bones and All had its world premiere in Venice, where Guadagnino won the Silver Lion for best director and Taylor Russell the Marcello Mastroianni award for best young actor.

We are very proud to announce the closing film for Film Fest Gent 2022: She Said by Maria Schrader closes Film Fest Gent 2022. The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigation by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey and Rebecca Corbett and the New York Times bestseller She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement. The official closing film on 21 October will be preceded by a closing ceremony announcing the winners of the Grand Prix for Best Film and the Georges Delerue Award for Best Soundtrack or Sound Design.

Critically acclaimed French director Mia Hansen-Løve will personally introduce her latest film Un beau matin to Ghent audiences on Saturday 22 October at Film Fest Gent. A few days earlier, on 18 October, Film Fest Gent will take Un beau matin to theatres all over Flanders for the monthly FFG On Tour.

Red carpets, Q&A and countless other events follow each other quickly at Film Fest Gent 2022. On this page you can relive the festival with the best pictures of each day.

Bas Bogaerts, the Film Fest Gent portrait photographer, gets to see all our guests up close. Take a look at the enchanting results.