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The opening night of the Ghent Film Festival in Vooruit Arts Centre features the film debut of Banksy, the infamous (and anonymous) British street artist. Works by his hand have been sold at auctions for incredibly high prices (some over £100,000). Stars such as Christina Aguilera are known to be enthusiastic buyers of his work. But his most well known works are out on the streets, for everyone to see: satirical street art and subversive epigrams that combine irreverent dark humour with graffiti done in a distinctive stencilling technique. That's why he takes great effort to remain anonymous to the public at large. This film is the closest we seem to have gotten to "unmasking Banksy". But would he really want to reveal his identity?

The closing film for the 37th edition of the Ghent Film Festival is Somewhere. The film earned director Sofia Coppola the Golden Lion award at the last Venice Film Festival. When The Virgin Suicides was released in 1999, everyone realised that Sofia was a Coppola to be reckoned with. At 40, she has proven with Somewhere that the legendary family legacy is safe for a long time to come.

12 October will see the festive opening of the Ghent Film Festival in Kinepolis with the world première of Hilde van Mieghem's Smoorverliefd and in the Vooruit Art Centre the Banksy documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop. The final film in the festival is Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, which won the Golden Lion in the last Venice Festival.

The 37th edition of the Ghent Film Festival has not started yet, however it is already expected to be worth remembering. The long list of international guests shall be completed with none other than Catherine Deneuve. On October 16, she will be accompanied by Jérémie Renier and François Ozon to present the latter's new film Potiche. After 8 Femmes, this is her second cooperation with the wonder boy of contemporary French Cinema. The film met high expectations last month at the Venice Film Festival. The Benelux premiere will be at the Ghent Film Festival.

Tonight, the 37th edition of the Ghent Film Festival started with a spectacular opening evening. At the Kinepolis complex the red carpet was rolled out for the cast of Hilde Van Mieghem's film Smoorverliefd. She was the first Flemish woman director to have the honour of opening the festival. In the Vooruit Arts Centre, the festival was kicked off with the Banksy documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop. In other words, there was something for everyone from the first evening onwards. An ideal start to a twelve-day event full of captivating film, sublime concerts and, as the climax on October 23rd, the World Soundtrack Awards.

The 37th edition of the Ghent Film Festival (October 12-23, 2010) opens with Smoorverliefd by Hilde Van Mieghem. The short film competition also has an opening film this year: Dansen met Travolta by Lenny Wesemael. The festival closes with Sofia Coppola's Somewhere.

From today onwards Almost Cinema begins, a traditional part of the Ghent Film Festival in and around the Vooruit. Fascinating performances and visual attractions invite spectators to step into a story that looks further than cinema as we know it.

The British director Paul Greengrass will be receiving a Joseph Plateau Award for career achievement at the Ghent Film Festival. Audiences are most familiar with Greengrass as director of the last two Bourne films and the recent Green Zone, about the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. This is in the same line as his previous films, including United 93, Omagh and Bloody Sunday. They are all films that make no attempt to avoid criticism and they are always politically or socially conscious. During the Q & A on October 14th at 14.00 he will be subjected to critical questions by Knack Focus editor-in-chief, Patrick Duynslaegher.

Film music composer John Barry deeply regrets his absence from the concert held in his honour at Kuipke in Ghent and expresses his disappointment in a warm-hearted video addressed to the Ghent Film Festival and especially to Jacques Dubrulle and Marian Ponnet.

'Intangible States' is an audiovisual performance by post-rock electronica duo Stray Dogs and Swiss video artist Legoman (Yannick Jacquet), known for his work with the AntiVJ collective. His visuals offer more than just a nice setting, and actually interact with the music and the musicians. 'Intangible States' will be a concert like you've never seen one before. Vooruit programmer Wim Wabbes: "The scene on stage is just overwhelming (and also amazing from a technical point of view). The two Stray Dogs are seated between 100 cardboard boxes that are used as tv screens and on which Legoman project images that seem taken from a road movie... It all results in a kaleidoscopic effect" Stray Dogs ft. Legoman - Intangible States Wed 20 Oct postrock / electronica