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The WSA Film Music Days, organised during Film Fest Gent, offer a peek behind the scenes of the film music world. Filled with panel discussions, interviews, and masterclasses, these talks are a great way to get to know the faces behind the scores we all love. Discover the creative process of award-winning composers like Nainita Desai and Antony Willis in an intimate setting, or take a deep dive in the oeuvre of Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Elliot Goldenthal and The Crown-composer Martin Phipps.

To celebrate our 50th anniversary, we would like to tell you about our origin story. That is, our origin story according to Lionel Goldstein & CZAR Belgium. Step into a world of cinematic absurdity with us, Rainer and his (film) family - to be seen before every screening at the festival!

Film Fest Gent has released a new FFG Session, this time with the British composer and violinist Natalie Holt, in which she plays her music from 'Loki' and 'Fever Dream' together with students from KASK & Conservatory in Ghent. In line with its musical DNA FFG has launched this new format in 2023 aiming to further promote film music as an art form. These Film Fest Gent concert sessions bring together experienced composers for screen and young musicians for an intimate live performance.

Op het van 19 tot 29 oktober 2023 gehouden internationale documentaire festival Doclisboa worden de experimentele documentaire La force diagonale van Annik Leroy en Julie Morel plus de korte hybride fictiefilm Terril van Jorn Plucieniczak vertoond.

Holly van Fien Troch, de openingsfilm van de 50ste editie van Film Fest Gent, staat op de veertig titels tellende shortlist voor de European Film Awards. Naast Holly worden er hier tussen 10 en 21 oktober 2023 nog meer dan een dozijn andere titels uit die shortlist vertoond.

Because four of the five nominees for the LUX Audience Award 2024 will be screened at the 50th edition of Film Fest Gent, in addition to voting for our own North Sea Port audience award, you can also cast your vote for a European film award. The "Ghent" nominees are: 20 000 especies de abejas, Fallen Leaves, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood and Der Lehrerzimmer. Sur L'Adamant is the previously screened fifth nominee.

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

Red carpets, Q&A and countless other events follow each other quickly at Film Fest Gent 2023. On this page you can relive the festival with the best pictures of each day.

Red carpets, Q&A and countless other events follow each other quickly at Film Fest Gent 2023. On this page you can relive the festival with the best pictures of each day.

Red carpets, Q&A and countless other events follow each other quickly at Film Fest Gent 2023. On this page you can relive the festival with the best pictures of each day.