The 51st Film Fest Ghent started on Wednesday. The film festival did that with the opening film Small Things Like These. The cast and crew of this film were present on the red carpet.
Until October 20, you can visit various locations in Ghent for a total of 124 feature films and 29 short films. The starting signal for Film Fest Ghent was given with Small Things Like These.
Red carpet
This international film by Belgian director Tim Mielants portrays a dark page in Ireland’s Catholic history. The leading role is played by Cillian Murphy, although he was not present on the red carpet. However, female cast members Emily Watson, Eileen Walsh and Zara Devlin were present. The former also received a Joseph Plateau Honorary Award for her career in Ghent.
Over the next eleven days, directors and actors such as Noémie Merlant (Women on the balcony), Adèle Exarchopoulos (phew love), Ariane Labed (September Says) in Miguel Gomes (Grand Tour) by. From our own country we are looking forward to Leonardo van Dijl (Julie remains silent), Fabrice du Welz (Maldoror), Dimitri Verhulst (Why Wettelen) in Ish Ait Hamou & Monir Ait Hamou (BXL).
Competition
As befits a film festival, there is also a competition at Film Fest Ghent. This has – like every year – the overarching theme of ‘Impact of Music & Sound on Cinema’.
Twelve different films participate in the official competition. It’s about the atypical Christmas film Christmas Eve in Miller’s Pointthe Portuguese Grand Tour by former winner Miguel Gomes, the poetic, dreamy refugee drama Hanamithe sinister September Saysthe integrative Italian family drama Vermilionthe historical The devil’s baththe Japanese drama Super Happy Foreverthe surreal Universal Language, The Outrun with Saoirse Ronan, the social realist thriller To a Land Unknownthe Belgian documentary Hold on to Her and the Belgian feature film Maldoror.
