The 52nd Film Fest Gent is scheduled 8-19 October 2025. The deadline for entering your film for the next edition is 1 July 2025.

Submit your film

Film Fest Gent is a competitive festival, focusing on "The Impact of Music on Film" at which some 12 to 15 feature films compete for two prizes. The competing films are viewed by an international jury, which will pick out two films for following prizes:

* The Grand Prix for the Best Film
* The George Delerue Award for Best Music (Best Application of Music or sound design)

As to shorts we have a competition for international shorts (max. 30 minutes); and one for Belgian student shorts. We also present a program of non-competing international shorts, for this section no restrictions as to production year or length are set.

We will expect to present the film in (at least) it's Belgian première.

How to submit?

You can submit your film for the 52nd edition of Film Fest Gent via a personal MyFFG account. Log in to your account (or create one) and click on the submission form via ‘Submit my film’.

Don't have a MyFFG account yet? Then create one via this link and choose ‘Film professional’ as your profile.

An entry is only complete upon payment of the entry fee. (Please note: students at Belgian film schools do not have to pay, see below).

Until 30 April you can do so at the advantageous early bird rate.

- Entry fee short films (max. 30 minutes): €20 per title
- Entry fee medium-length films (31 to 69 minutes): €30 per title
- Entry fee full-length films (from 70 minutes): €50 per title

From 1 May the entry fee will be:

- Entry fee short films (max. 30 minutes): €30 per title
- Entry fee medium-length films (31 to 69 minutes): €40 per title
- Entry fee full-length films (from 70 minutes): €75 per title

Only films not previously screened in Belgium will be considered for selection.

The deadline for submitting films is 1 July 2025.


An entry is only complete upon payment of the entry fee.

Belgian Student Short Competition

The deadline for Belgian student shorts (all films made at one of the official Belgian film schools) is early September 2025 (tbc). Send your online screener to eindwerken@filmfestival.be. No entry fee needed for these student applications.