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Film Fest Gent's horse receives a new look
News
30 May 2023
For those who have been visiting the festival for many years, the horse of FFG has become a familiar icon, closely connected with film history and the history of the University of Ghent. With this in mind, the horse needed reinvention.
The horse itself refers to Joseph Plateau's phenakistiscope, a device where the idea for moving pictures has its root. The Joseph Plateau Honorary Award, awarded yearly by Film Fest Gent to a special guest as a crown on their career, is also modelled to the design of a phenakistiscope.
For a renewed horse, the festival turned to German illustrator, designer and animator Benedikt Luft, dubbed the contemporary Saul Bass - whose designs still influence artists today.
© Gesine Laura Hennig