Ghent Film Festival

E286799

annual event cultural festival film festival

The Ghent Film Festival is a prominent annual international film festival in Ghent, Belgium, renowned for its focus on film music and its World Soundtrack Awards.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Film Fest Gent	2
Ghent Film Festival canonical	1
Internationaal Filmgebeuren Gent	1
International Film Festival Ghent	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2654184 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ghent Film Festival
Context triple: [Ghent, hasEvent, Ghent Film Festival]

A. Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival is a renowned annual genre film festival in Brussels, Belgium, specializing in fantasy, horror, science fiction, and thriller cinema.
B. Netherlands Film Festival
The Netherlands Film Festival is an annual Dutch film festival that showcases and celebrates national cinema, held in the city of Utrecht.
C. Gothenburg Film Festival
The Gothenburg Film Festival is Scandinavia’s largest film festival, showcasing a wide range of international and Nordic cinema each year in Gothenburg, Sweden.
D. Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is one of the world’s leading festivals dedicated to short films, renowned as a major global marketplace and showcase for the form.
E. Zurich Film Festival
The Zurich Film Festival is an annual international film festival held in Zurich, Switzerland, showcasing new films from around the world and hosting industry events and awards.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ghent Film Festival
Target entity description: The Ghent Film Festival is a prominent annual international film festival in Ghent, Belgium, renowned for its focus on film music and its World Soundtrack Awards.

A. Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival is a renowned annual genre film festival in Brussels, Belgium, specializing in fantasy, horror, science fiction, and thriller cinema.
B. Netherlands Film Festival
The Netherlands Film Festival is an annual Dutch film festival that showcases and celebrates national cinema, held in the city of Utrecht.
C. Gothenburg Film Festival
The Gothenburg Film Festival is Scandinavia’s largest film festival, showcasing a wide range of international and Nordic cinema each year in Gothenburg, Sweden.
D. Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is one of the world’s leading festivals dedicated to short films, renowned as a major global marketplace and showcase for the form.
E. Zurich Film Festival
The Zurich Film Festival is an annual international film festival held in Zurich, Switzerland, showcasing new films from around the world and hosting industry events and awards.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual event ⓘ cultural festival ⓘ film festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ghent Film Festival ⓘ surface form: Film Fest Gent Ghent Film Festival ⓘ surface form: International Film Festival Ghent
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
field	cinema ⓘ music ⓘ
focus	film music ⓘ international cinema ⓘ soundtrack composition ⓘ
foundedBy	Ben Ter Elst ⓘ Dirk De Meyer ⓘ Jacques Dubrulle ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	international film festival ⓘ
hasAudience	general public ⓘ international film professionals ⓘ
hasAward	Best Actor Award ⓘ Best Actress Award ⓘ Best Director Award ⓘ Best Music Award ⓘ Georges Delerue Award ⓘ Grand Prix for Best Film ⓘ World Soundtrack Award ⓘ surface form: World Soundtrack Awards
hasSection	competition section ⓘ retrospectives ⓘ short film competition ⓘ thematic programs ⓘ
hasTagline	Ghent Film Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Film Fest Gent
headquartersLocation	Ghent ⓘ
inception	1974 ⓘ
language	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ
locatedIn	East Flanders ⓘ Flanders ⓘ Ghent ⓘ
mediaType	film ⓘ
notableFor	World Soundtrack Award ⓘ surface form: World Soundtrack Awards ceremony collaborations with symphony orchestras ⓘ live performances of film music ⓘ
organizer	Film Fest Gent organization ⓘ
originalName	Ghent Film Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Internationaal Filmgebeuren Gent
region	Flemish Region ⓘ
significantEvent	introduction of World Soundtrack Awards in 2001 ⓘ
typicalStartMonth	October ⓘ
website	https://www.filmfestival.be ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ghent → hasEvent → Ghent Film Festival ⓘ

Ghent Film Festival → originalName → Ghent Film Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Internationaal Filmgebeuren Gent

Ghent Film Festival → alsoKnownAs → Ghent Film Festival ⓘ

this entity surface form: Film Fest Gent

Ghent Film Festival → alsoKnownAs → Ghent Film Festival ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Film Festival Ghent

Ghent Film Festival → hasTagline → Ghent Film Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ