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Three respected and influential players on the Flemish music scene: Film Fest Gent, the Brussels Philharmonic, and the Galaxy Studios Group have joined forces behind SCORING FLANDERS, an industry-wide initiative designed to bring more top level film, television and game music recording to a region of Belgium that has always been receptive to the scoring craft. The formal launch of the SCORING FLANDERS initiative will take place at next week’s 40th edition of the Flanders Film Festival, now rechristened Film Fest Gent. The announcement will be made before an audience of industry press, as well as festival guests and honorees who will have come from all over the world to attend the 13th World Soundtrack Awards on October 19th. The WSA is an outgrowth of the film festival that expressly honors creators of music for motion pictures. Past honorees include John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Elmer Bernstein, and Angelo Badalamenti. This year’s festival honors the work of French composer Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, Zero Dark Thirty, Argo). The WSA also names a Composer of the Year and a Discovery of the Year, and the timing of the announcement is designed to inform invitees about the musical treasure to be found in Flanders.

On Friday 18 October Dutch musician and film critic Kevin Toma is returning to Ghent for a new silent film concert (following Hitchcock's "The Lodger" in 2012). Film Fest Gent asked him to compose a new score to Frank Borzage's silent masterpiece "7th Heaven" from 1927 starring the legendary silent film couple Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. On 18 October you can watch the film accompanied by a live performance by Toma at the Miry Hall of the Ghent Conservatory. Tickets are available now!

Directors, actors, composers,... everyone is a winner at Film Fest Ghent, Belgium's very own Cannes by the Leie. But now, in a strange role reversal, the festival itself – more specifically the website filmfestival.be - is nominated for an Awwward, one of the highest awards in cyberspace.

The jury has chosen its winners and now your votes have been counted as well. The winner of the Port of Ghent Public Choice Award goes to 'Short Term 12' by Destin Daniel Cretton.

Watch the full palmares of the 40th Film Fest Gent.

The 41st edition of Film Fest Gent (14-25 October 2014) is focusing on French cinema. The annually recurring sections will be complemented by a separate one-off section dedicated to recent French films (as was the case last year with American Independent Cinema). However, this doesn’t mean that French films won’t also feature in the other festival sections (Competition, Galas & Previews, Classics, Out of the Box and Artists on Film). French directors and actors have been invited to present their latest films to the festival audience. The programme also includes debates, Q&As, director talks and meetings with French film professionals. We are collaborating closely with UniFrance and, of course, with Belgian distributors for the development of the programme and the invitation of talented French film professionals. Click here for additional info.

In conjunction with a major exhibition at the Caermersklooster Provincial Cultural Centre, the 41st edition of Film Fest Gent (14 to 25 October 2014) is shining the spotlight on the world of Federico Fellini with various events. On Thursday 23 October, De Bijloke Music Centre is hosting the concert Rota/Fellini with symphonic music from the director of La Dolce Vita and La Strada, performed by the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Dirk Brossé.

Catherine Deneuve in all her glory and in one of her most famous roles. Who better than Deneuve in Belle de Jour (1967) as the incarnation of French cinema as we like it – chic, stylish, reserved, mysterious and a tad naughty?

Film Fest Gent proudly welcomes Cliff Martinez, American composer and former drummer of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, to the traditional film music concert during the second part of the World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert.

In conjunction with a major exhibition at the Caermersklooster Provincial Cultural Centre, the 41st edition of Film Fest Gent (14 to 25 October 2014) is shining the spotlight on the world of Federico Fellini with various events. On Thursday 23 October, De Bijloke Music Centre is hosting the concert Rota/Fellini with symphonic music from the director of La Dolce Vita and La Strada, performed by the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Dirk Brossé.