The 47th Film Fest Gent closed this weekend with the 20th edition of the World Soundtrack Awards and the allocation of the festival’s Grand Prize to Sébastien Lifshitz and his French film Little Girl [+leggi anche:
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Presided over by Belgian filmmaker Fabrice du Welz, the jury explained its decision as follows: "Little Girl paints a wonderful portrait of a family fighting for the happiness of their little girl. The film exudes great humanity. It’s sincere without being sentimental, and it melted our hearts like no other film before it." Produced by Agat Films & Cie/Ex Nihilo (France), Arte France and Final Cut for Real (Denmark), the film will subsequently benefit from distribution aid for its Belgian release, which is scheduled for 6 January and will be steered by Imagine Film Distribution.

The jury assigned a further prize - the Georges Delerue Award for Music and Sound Design - to the Slovakian film Servants [+leggi anche:
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The Young Jury, meanwhile, bestowed its Explore Award upon the French film Gagarin [+leggi anche:
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This weekend also played host to the 20th edition of the World Soundtrack Awards, which paid tribute to the work of Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, who was named Discovery of the Year in Ghent two years ago for Sicario, and was further honoured this year for Joker, a film which also earned her an Oscar.

Equally memorable is the news that Belgian composer Hannes De Maeyer - known for his collaborations with Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah - scooped the Best Original Score for a Belgian Production trophy for his work on Sven Huybrechts’ Torpedo [+leggi anche:
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Last but not least, the Lifetime Achievement Award was this year handed to the French-Lebanese composer Gabriel Yared.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Grand Prize
Little Girl [+leggi anche:
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George Delerue Award
Servants [+leggi anche:
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Explore Award
Gagarin [+leggi anche:
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Best International Short Film
Perpetual Night - Pedro Peralta (Portugal)

Best Belgian Student Film
Tussen de bijen en de tarbot - Linnea Lidegran Correia (Belgium)

World Soundtrack Awards

Film Composer of the Year
Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker (US)

TV Composer of the Year
Nicholas Britell - Succession (Season 2) (US)

Best Original Song
“Stand Up” - Joshuah Brian Campbell & Cynthia Erivo, from Harriet (US)

Discovery of the Year 
Bryce Dessner - The Two Popes [+leggi anche:
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Best Original Score for a Belgian Production
Hannes De Maeyer - Torpedo [+leggi anche:
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SABAM Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer
Ana Kasrashvili (Georgia)

Public Choice Award
Alfonso G. Aguilar - Klaus [+leggi anche:
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Lifetime Achievement Award
Gabriel Yared