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Not only the casual festivalgoer will enjoy Film Fest Gent, we are organising many interesting talks, seminars and events for professionals as well!

In line with tradition, a selection of the World Soundtrack Award's main guest's music will be recorded and released for the annual 'Music for Film' album. Some of Marco Beltrami's best scores will be recorded on August 19th to 21st, in Flagey's legendary Studio 4, recorded by MotorMusic with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Dirk Brossé. The live recording will include tracks from Snowpiercer, World War Z, A Quiet Place and so much more. The album will be released during the festival by SilvaScreen Records.

In front of the impressive façade of Kinepolis Ghent, you will find Film Fest Gent’s official festival square: the beating heart and buzzing home of the festival. Don’t forget to bring your camera: the festival square puts you in the front row for our red carpet!

Actress Geraldine Chaplin, daughter of the legendary Charlie Chaplin, received the Joseph Plateau Honorary Award at Film Fest Gent on Sunday, the 13th of October. This career prize celebrates her major contribution to the art of cinema and her impressive oeuvre.

Film Fest Gent was born in 1974 as the International Filmgebeuren, it was then organised by passionate film lovers Ben ter Elst (owner of Studio Skoop) and Dirk De Meyer (Universitaire Filmklub).

After the success of the first edition the 2nd International Filmgebeuren takes place from the 24th to the 30th of January, 1975, once again in Cinema Select in Gent Zuid. The opening film is Bad Company by Robert Benton and on the programme are films such as Mean Streets by Martin Scorsese and Contes immoraux by Walerian Borowczyk.

After a second edition with packed screenings a third Internationaal Filmgebeuren follows in 1976: from January 23 to 29 in Cinema Select and for the first time also in Studio Skoop. This edition is more turbulent than ever. The erotic documentary A History of the Blue Movie is confiscated and organisers Ben ter Elst and Dirk de Meyer are convicted of offences against morality. Because of the confiscation other pornographic films on the programme, Deep Throat and Histoires d'hommes (Good Hot Stuff), are refrained from screening.

After renovations of the Studio Skoop bar and the building of a second screening room (without a permit) it's time for the 4th International Filmgebeuren from January 28 to February 3, 1977. The programme consists of films such as 'O Thiasos' by Theo Angelopoulos and screening room 2 is fully devoted to the films of Akira Kurosawa.

Despite financial trouble Ben ter Elst en Dirk De Meyer push through and a 5th edition of the Internationaal Filmgebeuren arises. In Cinema Select El Topo by Alejandro Jodorowsky is shown and Studio Skoop screening room 1 is reserved for ''scandalous, erotic and infamous films'' such as Pink Flamingos by John Waters. In Studio Skoop 2 classics such as Metropolis by Fritz Lang are programmed.

With an elaborate festival team and a more sustainable financial structure the Filmgebeuren celebrates its 6th edition. The festival honours two national film cultures this year, with a focus on New German film and classical Japanese cinema.