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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.

During the Talks, directors and composers share their creative processes and inspiration. Get swept away by their passion, creative insights, and the unique stories behind the scenes of film and music.

Experience double film fun! With your purchased ticket(s), Film Fest Gent offers you a free film on the online streaming platform Sooner.

Film Fest Gent has unveiled a thrilling late entry to the programme of its 51st edition. Pablo Larraín's Maria, a biopic about the legendary opera singer Maria Callas, featuring Oscar winner Angelina Jolie as 'La Divina' completes the festival's lineup.

Film Fest Gent is the meeting place for (inter)national film talent. With Between Directors, we put the spotlight on two filmmakers who discuss their work and career with each other and share their vision of cinema.

On 17 October, Alexis Langlois' musical queer melodrama Les reines du drame will premiere at Film Fest Gent. The perfect opportunity for the queens of the the Ghent-based drag performance collective to take over the red carpet with their glitter and glamour.

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

Emily Watson, known from Lars von Trier’s Breaking the Waves and Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York, has received a Joseph Plateau Honorary Award. The British actress is in Ghent for the Belgian première of Tim Mielants’ Small Things Like These, the opening film of FFG2024.

Red carpets, Q&A and countless other events follow each other quickly at Film Fest Gent 2024. On this page you can relive the festival with the best pictures of each day.

Relive the most beautiful moments of the 51st edition of Film Fest Gent.