The World Soundtrack Awards not only consist of the two concerts and industry related events during the festival. Throughout the year, numerous projects are organised or supported by the WSA.
Film Fest Gent and arts centre Vooruit go way back when it comes to the presentation of our yearly programme, in which we explore the fringes of cinema in performances, lectures, music and theatre. By launching VIDEODROOM Vooruit and Film Fest Gent strengthen…
An initiative by KASKCinema, Democrazy and Film Fest Gent, where pop/rock musicians collide with images on the big screen. Not your typical concert or film experience, but an exciting audio visual performance which provides an extra dimension to both image…
One of the several film music related intitiatives Film Fest Gent undertakes or supports is the annual recording and release of a compilation album full of soundtracks from one particular composer. This goes together with a crowdfunding campaign to cover…
Each year Film Fest Gent organises the WSAwards Industry Day: The networking event for both young and established international film (music) professionals to learn, debate and to socialize.
As an annual tradition, Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards coordinate the Film Music & Sound Seminar, an event organised for students in film, (film) music and sound design to learn and discuss about the artistic collaboration between…
The 3ième Personnage project is aimed to enable meetings between film music composers and duos of directors and producers working on a film project for which an original music score is yet to be composed and a specific composer is yet to be chosen…
Each year, Film Fest Gent organises a short press conference and Meet & Greet with the invited performing and nominated WSA composers.
Young international film music talent will have the chance to win the highly sought after SABAM Award for the Most Original Composition by a Young International Composer. This award was created by the World Soundtrack Academy and is worth €…
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).
As a professional partner of the ICSS project (International Creative Soundtrack Studies), Film Fest Gent collaborates in the developement of a joint programme in music composition for audiovisual media entitled "InMICS". The programme also offers students the opportunity to boost their practical know-how during the…
