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During the 29th edition of the Ghent Film Festival (8 - 19 October 2002), there will be two world premieres of Belgian films, Hop by Dominique Standaert (the opening film) and Science Fiction. The closing film this year is The Four Feathers by Shekhar Kapur. This year there will also be a series of specials, including Milos Forman's director's cut of Amadeus, the 70 mm projection of Playtime by Jacques Tati, and the film Les Guerriers de la Beauté after the work of Jan Fabre.

As is tradition, De Vooruit will once again host VIDEODROOM, during the 51st edition of Film Fest Gent (9 to 20 October). This annual marriage between FFG and VIERNULVIER, focuses on idiosyncratic productions at the crossroads of (cult) film and eclectic music.

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 2024. The winner and the successor of Amelia Warner’s score for Mr. Malcolm's List will be revealed at the World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert on 16 October.

Which score elevated your gaming experience the past year? Let's hear! Vote for the WSA Game Music Award 2024. The winner and the successor of River Boy - Narayana Johnson’s score for Cult of the Lamb will be revealed during the World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert on 16 October 2024.

The 31st Flanders Film Festival (5-16 october 2004) opens with Omagh by Pete Travis and closes with Confituur by Lieven Debrauwer. The pre-opening film is Ellektra by Rudolph Mestdagh.

Film Fest Gent proudly presents Laurence Rosenthal: Music for Film and Television, the film festival’s 2023 album with all-new studio recordings of selected scores by Laurence Rosenthal, performed by the Brussels Philharmonic and conducted by Film Fest Gent music director Dirk Brossé.

A lot of notable artists dedicated themselves to film music last year, and now have a chance to win prizes at the prestigious 23rd edition of the World Soundtrack Awards. The list of nominees includes both WSA newcomers, such as Japanese band RADWIMPS & Kazuma Jinnouchi, and saxophonist Colin Stetson (Arcade Fire, Bon Iver), and WSA favourites such as Nainita Desai (who, among others, won the Discovery of the Year Award in 2021). This year, the British composer picked up another nomination, this time for an entirely new award: the WSA Game Music Award. All nominees for WSA2023 have now been announced.

Small Things Like These, Belgian director Tim Mielants’ third feature, is the official opening film of Film Fest Gent 2024 and will kick off the 51st edition on Wednesday 9 October. The subdued yet poignant drama starring Oscar winner Cillian Murphy tells the story of a coal merchant in 1980s Ireland who discovers the local convent’s shocking secret.

Film Fest Gent proudly presents Elliot Goldenthal: Music for Film, the film festival’s 2024 album with all-new studio recordings of selected scores by Elliot Goldenthal. In October, the composer of Frida and Heat, among others, will be awarded the WSA Lifetime Achievement Award for his flourishing career.

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.