Film Fest Ghent has been focusing the spotlight on film music for decades. That makes it, according to Variety and The Wall Street Journal, one of the unmissable film festivals on the calendar. Every year, both renowned and new talent travel to Ghent to attend the music events, from the film music/industry days to the World Soundtrack Awards Concert. To top it all off, Film Fest Ghent releases its own new album every year.
Film Fest Ghent's music projects include the two film music concerts and various industry-related events during the annual film festival, and also other projects organised or supported by the film festival throughout the year.
The World Soundtrack Awards are the most important film music prizes in the world. The award ceremony takes place during the annual WSA Gala & Concert at Film Fest Gent. The 20th edition of the World Soundtrack Awards was an online edition.…
As a natural consequence of the musical DNA of the organisation, every year we organise concerts in which film music comes to the foreground. Aside from the World Soundtrack Awards, two years ago a Hollywood Nightmares concert took place with…
Young international film music talents have the chance to participate in the WSA Film Music Composition Contest and to win the Sabam Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer, worth € 2.500. The compositions of the three finalists…
Every year Film Fest Ghent records a compilation album with a selection of the best scores by one particular composer. For the WSA's 20th anniversary in 2020, we released a special compilation album World Soundtrack Awards: Tribute to the Film Composer.
Each year Film Fest Ghent organises the WSA Industry Days: the networking event for both young and established international film (music) professionals to get insight into new developments, to be part of inspiring discussions and to meet colleagues in the…
Film Fest Gent and KASK - School of Arts Gent coordinate the Film Music & Sound Seminar, an annual event for students in film, (film) music and sound design about the artistic collaboration between filmmaker, composer and/or sound designer, with curator Dr. Martine…
Each year, Film Fest Ghent invites emerging composers to talk about their oeuvre and their place within the industry as a composer, a producer or simply as a person. Due to the evolving coronary pandemic we were forced to postpone the…
Each year Film Fest Gent organises a short press conference and Meet & Greet with the invited guests of honour and nominated WSA composers.
The InMICS Composers Lab offers InMICS students the unique opportunity to participate in a series of intensive masterclasses, workshops and training sessions given by renowned professionals. The Composers Lab is organised by and takes place at the three participating festivals: Film…
Film Fest Ghent will explore the cross-pollination between film and music at its 47th edition with VIDEODROOM 2020. In collaboration with Kunstencentrum Vooruit, the festival will present film classics such as Solaris, Koyaanisqatsi and The Shining while giving them a VIDEODROOM make-over. Live music concerts…
An initiative by KASKCinema, Democrazy and Film Fest Gent, Live Track Cinema gives pop/rock musicians the opportunity to collide with images on the big screen. Not your typical concert or film experience, but an exciting audio-visual performance which provides an…
We are very pleased to announce that EPAS as a one-year postgraduate in the creative potential of sound started the first of September 2016. This international program is organized by The School of Arts (Gent), NFA (Amsterdam) and ifs (Cologne).
