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Scores from world-renowned video games such as The Legend of Zelda, The Last of Us, Final Fantasy VII and more are set to be performed by Brussels Philharmonic during the concert PRESS PLAY: Music in Games on Thursday 19 October 2023 at Film Fest Gent. The festival - home to the World Soundtrack Awards - announced the concert and its host, composer Austin Wintory, back in March, and now releases the first line-up of the night, including the first-ever orchestral live performance of Lena Raine’s score for indie hit Celeste.

What's you favourite game score of the past year? Which score elevated your gaming experience? Let's hear! Vote for the WSA Game Music Award 2023, a new audience award that celebrates the art of game music. The winner will be revealed at PRESS PLAY: Music in Games on 19 October 2023 in Ghent.

What is your favourite film score of the year? What film music have you been listening to all year long? Let's hear! You can now vote for the WSA Public Choice Award 2023. The winner and the successor of Joseph Metcalfe, John Coda and Grant Kirkhope's score for The King's Daughter will be revealed at the World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert on 21 October.

Cinea and Film Fest Gent proudly present the 10th Young Critics Workshop (October 10 – 21, 2023) by photogénie, open to aspiring film critics (aged 18-26) from Belgium and abroad, offering them the opportunity to cover the 50th edition of this major international event, ranked among the top European film festivals.

Multi-instrumentalist & composer Eiko Ishibashi and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi have teamed up once again following their successful collaboration on the critically acclaimed feature film Drive My Car. This new film, titled Gift and written and directed by Hamaguchi, will world premiere with a live score performed by Ishibashi at Film Fest Gent in the VIDEODROOM programme, a partnership between the festival and Arts Centre VIERNULVIER.

Are you a young filmmaker under the age of 36? Are you aware of the power of music for your films, but have you not yet found the right vocabulary to go all the way with your composer in your creative partnership? Then let Film Fest Ghent take you on an immersive exploration through the world of film music in the Creative Partnership Lab during the WSA Film Music Days in October (19-21 October).

Missed some films at Film Fest Gent 2022? No worries, on this page you can find the Belgian release dates of distributed festival films.

Here by Bas Devos will have its Belgian premiere in the Official Competition of the 50th edition of Film Fest Gent. The film previously had its world premiere at the Berlinale, where it won the top prize in the Encounters section. It was also announced today that Here will be screened in the Wavelengths section in Toronto and in the Main Slate programme of the New York Film Festival, a remarkable achievement for a Flemish film.

Composers Stephanie Economou (Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök), Borislav Slavov (Baldur's Gate III, Divinity: Original Sin II), Gordy Haab (Star Wars Battlefront, Star Wars Jedi), Stephen Barton (Star Wars Jedi, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare) and Gustavo Santaolalla (The Last of Us) will be present at Film Fest Gent's game music concert PRESS PLAY: Music in Games on Thursday 19 October at Capitole Ghent. During the concert, a selection of their work will be performed by Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Dirk Brossé. Gustavo Santaolalla will accompany the orchestra with his ronroco. Moreover, during the WSA Film Music Days from 19 to 21 October, the composers will talk about their métier during various panels and masterclasses.

Holly, Fien Troch's fifth feature, is the official opening film of the 50th anniversary edition of Film Fest Gent and will kick off the festival on Tuesday 10 October. The film is an intriguing portrait of a 15-year-old girl named Holly. After she seems to have predicted a deadly school fire, people begin to seek out Holly for consolation. Troch's latest is also a part of the Official Competition of the Venice Film Festival.