Watch a free film on Sooner with your FFG ticket
19 Sep 2024
Experience double film fun! With your purchased ticket(s), Film Fest Gent offers you a free film on the online streaming platform Sooner.
LATE ENTRY: Pablo Larraín's 'Maria' featuring Angelina Jolie as Maria Calles selected for 51st edition Film Fest Gent
25 Sep 2024
Film Fest Gent has unveiled a thrilling late entry to the programme of its 51st edition. Pablo Larraín's Maria, a biopic about the legendary opera singer Maria Callas, featuring Oscar winner Angelina Jolie as 'La Divina' completes the festival's lineup.
Between Directors
Film Fest Gent is the meeting place for (inter)national film talent. With Between Directors, we put the spotlight on two filmmakers who discuss their work and career with each other and share their vision of cinema.
The queens of House of Lux offer the extra glam on the red carpet
08 Oct 2024
On 17 October, Alexis Langlois' musical queer melodrama Les reines du drame will premiere at Film Fest Gent. The perfect opportunity for the queens of the the Ghent-based drag performance collective to take over the red carpet with their glitter and glamour.
Portraits by Bas Bogaerts
09 Oct 2024
Bas Bogaerts, the Film Fest Gent portrait photographer, gets to see all our guests up close. Take a look at the enchanting results
'Small Things Like These’-actress Emily Watson receives Joseph Plateau Honorary Award
09 Oct 2024
Emily Watson, known from Lars von Trier’s Breaking the Waves and Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York, has received a Joseph Plateau Honorary Award. The British actress is in Ghent for the Belgian première of Tim Mielants’ Small Things Like These, the opening film of FFG2024.
Film Fest Gent - Day 1
09 Oct 2024
Red carpets, Q&A and countless other events follow each other quickly at Film Fest Gent 2024. On this page you can relive the festival with the best pictures of each day.
FFG2024 - Pictures
Relive the most beautiful moments of the 51st edition of Film Fest Gent.
Brussels-Palestinian filmmaker Michel Khleifi celebrated with Joseph Plateau Honorary Award
10 Oct 2024
Since his very first films, screenwriter and director Michel Khleifi has pushed both artistic and political boundaries. Honouring his exceptional oeuvre, the Brussels based Palestinian director was presented a Joseph Plateau Honorary Award, after a retrospective of his work and Director’s Talk.