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In October, Film Fest Gent 2022 brings Chromatics frontman Johnny Jewel to Ghent for a Creative Partnership talk with Belgian director Fien Troch and editor Nico Leunen. American composer Daniel Hart will also visit FFG2022 together with director David Lowery to talk about their long-standing and inseparable creative collaboration since St. Nick en Ain't Them Bodies Saints.

Each year, Film Fest Gent puts film music and composers in the spotlight with an album release. This time around, Film Fest Gent is proud to present the new album 'Mark Isham: Music for Film'.

Monsieur le cinéma is no more. Jean-Luc Godard, the legendary director behind iconic films such as À bout de souffle (1960), Le mépris (1963) and Pierrot le fou (1965) has died at the age of 91. The body of work he leaves behind is immense, and above all: immortal. Moreover, the oeuvre made about the greatest modernist in cinema is, if anything, even greater. The 49th edition of Film Fest Gent therefore presents two brand new works about Godard: À vendredi, Robinson (Mitra Farahani) and Godard seul le cinéma (Cyril Leuthy).

The WSA Film Music Days offer a look behind the scenes of the world of film music. Filled with panel discussions, interviews and master classes, these talks are a great way to get to know the faces behind the scores. For professionals, students or film music lovers.

We proudly reveal the nominations in three of the main categories of the 2022 World Soundtrack Awards. Including both established and emerging talent, the categories Film Composer of the Year, Television Composer of the Year and Best Original Song all have six nominees. Among the nominees are three composers who scored nominations in two different categories: Nicholas Britell, Daniel Hart and last year’s Film Composer of the Year Daniel Pemberton. The song “Strange Game” from the HBO series Slow Horses is the first ever song from a series nominated for Best Original Song, since songs from TV series have been made eligible in 2021.

We proudly reveal the nominations in three of the main categories of the 2022 World Soundtrack Awards. Including both established and emerging talent, the categories Film Composer of the Year, Television Composer of the Year and Best Original Song all have six nominees. Among the nominees are three composers who scored nominations in two different categories: Nicholas Britell, Daniel Hart and last year’s Film Composer of the Year Daniel Pemberton. The song “Strange Game” from the HBO series Slow Horses is the first ever song from a series nominated for Best Original Song, since songs from TV series have been made eligible in 2021.

Film Fest Gent organises a ten-day festival and is aware of its ecological and social impact. We show around 150 films during more than 400 screenings, we invite film talent from all over the world to Ghent and we gather an international audience. The organisation of the festival inevitably generates CO2 emissions. Today, we are already making efforts to reduce our ecological footprint and increase our social impact. And we strive for more. Are you with us?

Directors who speak beautifully about their work are the ones we like to invite! Hang on every word of the most interesting filmmakers of the moment during our Director's Talks. Michel Khleifi, Isadora Neves Marques, Guillaume Cailleau and Alain Guiraudie will be visiting Gent.

Timely films about the pressure, stress and hard times we all face. This tag shows how resilience can make the difference between falling and getting back up. These films shows characters struggling, and - ultimately - healing. Having dark thoughts and are you in need of a conversation? Zelfmoordlijn 1813 is available 24/7 for free, compassionate and confidential support by phone and online chat. Call 1813 or go to www.zelfmoord1813.be.

For its 49th edition (11 - 22 October), Film Fest Gent presents a challenging programme including six Oscar candidates (Klondike, The Quiet Girl, Alcarràs, Corsage, Drii Winter and the Belgian Close as the opening film), alongside new and classic Korean films and a range of films dealing with mental health. The short film competitions are more inspiring than ever and the Director’s Talks with filmmakers like Céline Sciamma and Lukas Dhont, Cristian Mungiu and Albert Serra promise to be thought-provoking. Both debutant and established film and film-music talents such as David Lowery, Marie Kreutzer, Im Sang-soo, Valentina Maurel, Léonor Serraille, Mark Isham, Bruno Coulais and Drive My Car composer Eiko Ishibashi will be present.