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On Saturday May 24th, you can watch Parasite, a South Korean film by director Bong Joon-ho, for free in open air. Vzw Jong and their operation Gentertainment welcome you, together with the festival, to the Keizerpark in Ghent. Before the film, you can expect a support act with local talent and more!

On Thursday May 8th, you can enjoy the free film screening in open air of Waarom Wettelen?, the debut film of Flemish author Dimitri Verhulst. CVO Gent and Film Fest Gent welcome you in the garden of the secondary school Het Spectrum in the Martelaarslaan. Before the film you can also enjoy a picknick with music and a conversation with the director.

American composer Philip Glass will be celebrated with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the film music concert Minimalism in Motion: Glass, Nyman and Beyond which will close Film Fest Gent’s Film Music Days 2025 and the 25th World Soundtrack Awards. While initially renowned for his work for opera and his symphonies, Glass has made an equally impressive contribution to film music, with a rich oeuvre of film scores that include Koyaanisqatsi, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, The Truman Show, Kundun, The Hours and Notes on a Scandal.

On the cups of the World Soundtrack Awards' 25th anniversary, we are launching a brand-new accolade: the WSAward for Belgian Film Composer of the Year, powered by Sabam.

British composer Michael Nyman will be celebrated with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the film music concert Minimalism in Motion: Glass, Nyman and Beyond. The concert is the closing event of Film Fest Gent's WSA Film Music Days 2025 and the 25th World Soundtrack Awards. Earlier, it was announced that also Philip Glass is a Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.

Film Fest Gent is presenting the visual campaign for the 52nd edition of the festival, which takes place from Wednesday, 8 October to Sunday, 19 October 2025. The campaign stands out with its bright colours and a hypnotic motion element. New from 2025 is the introduction of the Flanders Film Days, an initiative of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), which will precede the festival. The full programme will be announced on 18 September 2025.

Film Fest Gent is thrilled to announce that acclaimed composers Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch and Martin Phipps will take the stage at Minimalism in Motion: Glass, Nyman and Beyond, the festival's highly-anticipated film music concert on 16 October. Following the recent announcement of Philip Glass and Michael Nyman as recipients of a Lifetime Achievement Award for their pioneering contributions to the history of minimal music, the concert will also spotlight Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch and Martin Phipps - two visionary composers redefining minimalism for a new era. Both have been influenced by the minimalist maestros. Live performances of their music will add a contemporary dimension to an evening dedicated to the evolution of minimalist film music.

Will Monday be the new Friday? Break out of your usual workweek rush with Film Fest Gent, as on Monday, 13 October 2025, we are launching a brand-new after-work event: Cinema & Apero.

Our annual dream date with VIERNULVIER isn't messing around this year! VIDEODROOM 2025 is shaping up to be a wild mix of obscure and not-so-obscure cult classics, shivering synths, thumping basslines, psychedelia, and ... Dario Argento & David Lynch. And because we're extra excited this time around, we're kicking things off early with two shows in the weeks leading up to the film festival - and that's just a little taste of what's to come.

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