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Following the acclaimed festival run of her debut Playground (Un monde), Brussels-born filmmaker Laura Wandel returns to Film Fest Gent. Her second feature, Adam’s Sake (L’Intérêt d’Adam), which previously opened the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes, will celebrate its Belgian premiere at the 52nd edition of the festival.

Film Fest Gent will close its 52nd edition with the Belgian premiere of Urchin, the surprising and profoundly humane directorial debut of British actor Harris Dickinson (Triangle of Sadness, Babygirl). The film, which was previously selected for the prestigious Un Certain Regard competition in Cannes, will screen on Saturday 18 October at Kinepolis Gent in the presence of Dickinson himself.

At the 52nd edition of Film Fest Gent, the festival bands together with S.M.A.K. to spotlight the versatile work of influential American artist James Benning (°1942, Milwaukee, WI). Alongside the inclusion of little boy in Film Fest Gent’s Official Selection, three of his key works will also be screened at S.M.A.K.

This year at Film Fest Ghent, is family truly everything? With the tag Family First, we delve into stories about families that connect, suffocate, clash, or break. From distant parents to generations reinventing their identities: this selection shows how our roots shape us—and how we're sometimes forced to tear them apart.

Books and literature cross paths. This year, this link is foregrounded in the tag Paper to Picture. Adaptations for screen reinvent iconic and less iconic stories while socially engaged documentaries and feature films demonstrate the undeniable importance of literature and poetry in our society. A love letter to the written word - on the screen.

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

At and on our red carpet, everyone is welcome! Do not hesitate to step onto the red steps and capture your visit to Film Fest Gent in style in front of our photo wall. Our beloved guests - international and national directors, actors, actresses and film composers - will also pass by the red carpet. Would you like to witness their official welcome moment? Then be sure to come and watch them at our red carpet at Kinepolis Ghent (Ter Platen 12, 9000 Ghent - every evening from 7 pm). Don't forget your camera!

Thanks to the World Soundtrack Awards, Film Fest Gent is able to invite the world's most sought-after composers to Ghent. Carter Burwell, Nicholas Britell, Hans Zimmer, ... They all visited our festival before. Curious what they have to say? Discover it during our Composer's Talks!

Directors who speak beautifully about their work are the ones we like to invite! Hang on every word of the most interesting filmmakers of the moment during our Director's Talks. Vytautas Katkus and Vibke Løkkeberg will be visiting Gent.

‘No film without film music' has been the unwritten motto of Film Fest Gent for decades. After all, it is often the creative collaborations between composers and filmmakers that lead to the most intriguing oeuvres. With Creative Partnership Film Fest Gent adds a brand-new format to the WSA Film Music Days and shines the spotlight on exceptional collaborations.