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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 Gent 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.

Protect your eyeballs! The programme of VIDEODROOM (our annual dream date with Arts centre VIERNULVIER) is complete and will fill your October month with an intriguing amount of sharp objects and brutal murders, a young Dennis Hopper, drag queens, psychedelic vibes, and so much more.

Film Fest Gent has revealed the three finalists of the 2025 WSA Film Music Composition Contest: Neville Bharucha (India/Germany), Théo Cascio (France) and Bongseob Kim (South Korea) have been selected for their original symphonic scores for a dramatic excerpt from David Lynch’s acclaimed film The Elephant Man (1980). The winner of the World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer Powered by Vienna Synchron Stage will be announced during the World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert on 15 October 2025.

Film Fest Gent zoekt een STAGIAIR GRAPHIC & MOTION DESIGN om het communicatieteam te versterken in aanloop naar de 52ste editie in oktober 2025.

Not quite familiar yet with Nicolas Roeg's work and want to get ready for our programme Fractured Visions: A Nicolas Roeg Retrospective? Then join us in Ghent or Brussels for the talk The Road to Roeg. The talk is exclusively in Dutch.

Completely under the spell of Nicolas Roeg thanks to our programme Fractured Visions: A Nicolas Roeg Retrospective? Ready to fully immerse yourself in the work of one of Britain’s greatest directors? Via The Roeg Files, Classics curator Patrick Duynslaegher takes you on a “Roeg trip”. Here you can also reserve your spot for the talk The Road to Roeg and purchase your Roeg Trip Pass for the entire programme. The talks are exclusively in Dutch.

American actress Theresa Russell will serve as Jury President of the International Jury at the 52nd edition of Film Fest Gent, which will take place from 8 to 19 October. During the 80s and 90s, Russell was a prominent figure who competed with the biggest Hollywood actresses. Today, she is mostly celebrated for her complex and vulnerable roles in the films of British director Nicolas Roeg, to whom FFG is dedicating this year’s Classics programme.

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 2025. The winner and the successor of Umberto Scipione’s score for La Guerra dei Nonni will be revealed at the World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert on 15 October.

Which score elevated your gaming experience the past year? Let's hear! Vote for the WSA Game Music Award 2025. The winner and the successor of Brandon Boone's score for Slay the Princess will be revealed during the World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert on 15 October 2025.

The 2025 WSA Industry Award goes to the Composers Diversity Collective, in recognition of the organisation’s mission to create a safer, more inclusive and representative film music industry.