# Ghent film music programme aligns with festival to connect directors and composers

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/composers-filmmakers-sync-up-at-world-soundtrack-awards-film-music-days/
- Published: 2026-09-30T14:02:02+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-30T20:24:34+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/global/world-soundtrack-awards-coward-lukas-dhont-ghent-1236878117/
- Topics: Americas, Entertainment, Film, Music, World

## Key points

- Ghent’s Film Music Days will coincide with its film festival.
- Sessions aim to improve collaboration between directors and composers.
- Networking and a project market are part of the programme.

## Summary

The World Soundtrack Awards’ Film Music Days will run alongside Film Fest Ghent on 8–10 October, bringing filmmakers and composers together while the festival is under way. Organisers say the change is intended to make the programme more accessible and encourage collaboration between creative partners who can find it difficult to communicate about music.

The programme includes conversations between Lukas Dhont, composer Valentin Hadjadj and music supervisor Pierre-Marie Dru, who worked together on Dhont’s film “Coward”, and a session with director Edward Berger and composer Volker Bertelmann. It also features matchmaking and student networking, alongside Third Character, a film music market pairing composers with producer-director teams developing projects. Dhont and Hadjadj first met at a Third Character event in 2013; organisers also hope the earlier schedule will increase industry attendance and support discussions about issues such as AI in film scoring.

## Coverage

- [Variety: Ghent film music programme aligns with festival to connect directors and composers](https://variety.com/2026/film/global/world-soundtrack-awards-coward-lukas-dhont-ghent-1236878117/)
- [Variety Music: Composers, Filmmakers Sync Up at World Soundtrack Awards’ Film Music Days](https://variety.com/2026/artisans/global/world-soundtrack-awards-coward-lukas-dhont-ghent-1236878117/)

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