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Film Fest Café & restaurants

At the Film Fest Café, we like to enrich your film chats with a delicious snack and a wide range of drinks. Moreover, at the Film Fest Café, you are in the right spot for interesting talks and meetings. Would you like to extend your film evening with dinner? We have some excellent restaurant recommendations for you!

Film Fest Café

The festival experience does not start and finish in the cinema. Kick off your festival day from 9 a.m. with a coffee & croissant in the cosy Film Fest Café, the perfect location for a break between screenings, spontaneous meetings and a nice chat after the film screenings. During the festival the Film Fest Café on the festival site is the beating heart of Film Fest Gent.

Practical information

Location

Ter Platen 12, on the festival site
Opening times
Film Fest Café
- 10 - 19 October: 9:00 - 01:00
- 20 October: 14:00 - 20:00
Greenway @Film Fest Café
- lunch: 12:20 - 14:00
- diner 18:30 - 21:30

Talkies

Every day of the festival at 12:30, you can enjoy an interesting FFG Talkies, the talk show from Film Fest Gent. Throughout the year, we monthly invite directors, actors or artists for an inspiring talk about film. There are daily Talkies during the festival with a number guests and various hosts.

Discover the FFG Talkies

FFG Merch: Pop-up Shop

For its 50th edition, Film Fest Gent, in collaboration with Howest Industrial Product Design students and Ghent design label Volmaakt, had merchandise products developed from used promotional materials. Dated flags, roll-up cloths and old paper experience a second youth. Discover our bags, document covers, flower pots and notebooks during the festival in our Pop-up Shop or already now on the webshop.

To the webshop

Live radio

At the Film Fest Café, you can also enjoy a series of live radio broadcasts. Expect atmospheric music and intriguing conversations with filmmakers and composers from the programme.

Daily 18:00 - 20:00: Urgent.fm
Fri 11.10 | 18:00 - 10:00: Culture Club (VRT Radio 1)
Wed 16.10 | 14:00 - 20:00: The Original Soundtrack (Klara), with a live broadcast of the WSA Ceremony & Concert from 20:00 onwards

Restaurants

Film Fest Gent warmly recommends these restaurants. From a light lunch to a true movie star dinner, you'll always find something tasty here. On top of that, we like to introduce our guests to these cosy eating spots in Ghent.

Faim Fatale

Faim Fatale has been thought about, chiselled and planed until it is just right. In the afternoon, a meal can be quick and simple; in the evening, it can be extensive and elaborate.

Zuidstationstraat 14 | 09 269 04 48

Make a reservation at Faim Fatale

Pakhuis

Through an atmospheric alley between the towers of Ghent, you enter Pakhuis. Here, they prepare contemporary French-Italian dishes with respect for the product and the season. The menu also includes generous oyster and seafood dishes.

Schuurkenstraat 4 | 09 223 55 55

Make a reservation at Pakhuis

Giuliano

At Giuliano Ghent, enjoy delicious Italian dishes in a stylish setting. A unique place where you can discover traditional dishes and Mediterranean hospitality. Take a piece of Italy home with you via our takeaway. Buon appetito.

Ter Platen 12 | 09 430 99 70

make a reservation at Giuliano's

Parisianna

Eat French-European at Parisianna on Brabantdam, overlooking the festival hotel YALO. Aromatic fusion cuisine is combined with a sophisticated atmosphere. The menu also includes lots of vegetarian dishes.

Brabantdam 46 | 0471 06 43 77