The digital music streaming service Spotify and Film Gent have signed an exclusive partnership. The Spotify Public Choice Award for best score will be awarded by the public during the 14th edition of the World Soundtrack Awards. Spotify will also present the new music section of the film festival: Sound and Vision.
In 2001 Film Fest Gent founded the World Soundtrack Awards, the most prestigious film music awards in the world. Each year the best contemporary soundtrack composers are recognised for their work. Due to this focus on film music, the festival soon became an annual meeting place for both internationally renowned and up and coming musical talents. The Spotify Public Choice Award will be one of the prizes given to the most popular soundtrack of a movie released between 1 July 2013 and 30 June 2014.
Valerie Dobbelaere, coordinator of the World Soundtrack Awards and the music projects at Film Fest Gent: "Thanks to the Spotify Public Choice Award, the World Soundtrack Academy consisting of 370 international film music professionals aren’t the only ones to award the best soundtrack of the past year, but the movie music fans around the world can also vote for their favourite score. By partnering up with Spotify, we hope to at least double the public votes in order to further strengthen the platform for international film music and give some well deserved attention to the film music composers.”
Besides the World Soundtrack Awards the festival also presents a great deal of international films and documentaries dealing with music. These are all programmed in the new section Sound and Vision, named after the brilliant song by David Bowie. The film concert of the Belgian band Arsenal: Dance! Dance! Dance! is the first title of the music section to be announced and will be held on 22 October 2014 in Vooruit. The film concert will combine unreleased soundtrack materials with known songs from Arsenal.
"Music and film, documentary and feature film, new and traditional media are getting more intertwined. Spotify is therefore the ideal partner to endorse Sound and Vision, the new section of Film Fest Gent, where music films are addressed in all its diversity." says Patrick Duynslaegher, Artistic Director Film Fest Gent.
Spotify’s Marketing Executive for the Benelux, Nienke Dettmeijer believes that: “Music and film are inseparable. And good music makes a film even better. Therefore we are looking forward to sharing our two greatest passions: music and people together with a festival that has such international prominence as Film Fest Gent.”
The shortlist for the Spotify Public Choice Award, selected by the World Soundtrack Academy and the playlist of the Sound and Vision section can be streamed on the Film Fest Gent Spotify account at: http://open.spotify.com/user/filmfestgent.

The 41st edition of Film Fest Gent takes place from 14 to 25 October 2014, with its focus on film, including the 14th World Soundtrack Awards on Saturday October 25th, 2014. Tickets and info at www.filmfestival.be and www.worldsoundtrackawards.com.
On 25th June 2014 Dutch FilmWorks will release on both DVD and Blu-ray Kenau. While she fights a heroic battle against the Spanish besieger with her female army, Kenau, driven by hate and sorrow of the execution of her youngest daughter, is threatened to also lose her eldest daughter, because her fear and pain are covered by her stubborn closeness.
Starring Monic Hendrickx, Barry Atsma, Sallie Harmsen, Lisa Smit, Sophie van Winden, Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Jaap Spijkers, Eva Bartels, Peter Van den Begin en Anne-Marie Jung.
DUTCH VERSION:
Op 25 juni verschijnt op Dutch FilmWorks Kenau op zowel dvd als Blu-ray.
Een heroïsch drama over Kenau: de strijdbare vrouw die na het verlies van haar jongste dochter besluit met een vrouwenleger de wapens op te pakken tegen de Spaanse overheersers.
Met o.a. Monic Hendrickx, Barry Atsma, Sallie Harmsen, Lisa Smit, Sophie van Winden, Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Jaap Spijkers, Eva Bartels, Peter Van den Begin en Anne-Marie Jung.
Universal Pictures is proud to announce that on 27th August they will release LABOR DAY on both DVD and Blu-ray.
Drama
Directing: Jason Reitman
Cast: Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Tobey Maguire, James Van Der Beek, Gattlin Griffith
Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.
Release: 27/08/2014
Distributor: Universal Pictures Benelux
Studio: Paramount
Labor Day – DVD
Length: 107′
16:9
French Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Dutch
Extra’s:
Filmmaker Commentary
Deleted scenes
Labor Day – BLU-RAY
Length: 111′
16:9 – 1080p
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
Extra’s:
Filmmaker Commentary
Deleted scenes
End of Summer: Making Labor Da
DUTCH VERSION:
Drama
Regie: Jason Reitman
Cast: Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Tobey Maguire, James Van Der Beek, Gattlin Griffith
Labor Day is de nieuwe film van de Oscargenomineerde regisseur Jason Reitman (Up in the Air, Juno). Kate Winslet en Josh Brolin spelen twee vreemden die bij elkaar worden gebracht onder ongelooflijke omstandigheden. Wat begint als een onvoorziene ontmoeting wordt al snel een verhaal over een tweede kans in de liefde.
Release: 27/08/2014
Distributeur: Universal Pictures Benelux
Studio: Paramount
Labor Day – DVD
Speelduur: 107′
16:9
Frans Dolby Digital 5.1
Engels Dolby Digital 5.1
Ondertiteling: Engels, Frans, Nederlands
Extra’s:
Filmmaker Commentary
Deleted scenes
Labor Day – BLU-RAY
Speelduur: 111′
16:9 – 1080p
Engels DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Frans Dolby Digital 5.1
Extra’s
Filmmaker Commentary
Deleted scenes
End of Summer: Making Labor Day
Periplaneta will release a new digital EP by Lisa Morgenstern on the 29th of August.
The EP, "Hairy Moon" is named after a novel by Florian Bald & will contain 3 songs and 1 remix.
(The novel by Florian Bald will also be released by Periplaneta, in August)
In 2015, a new album of Lisa Morgenstern, together with Benni Cellini, will follow.
SkyQode is happy to announce the signing of the Moscow-based aggrotech / TBM project, Freaky Mind!
Formed by two young, yet very talented musicians, Ayli Remærd and Roman Ericson, Freaky Mind came to prominence with the release of their debut album, “No More Manifests”, in 2011. The album received a lot of praise from critics and fans alike and established Freaky Mind as one of the most promising newcomers to the aggrotech / TBM scene. Now after several successful EP's and many remixes for bands like Freakangel, Cynical Existence, Wormz, and others, the band is ready to drop their newest sonic bombshell on the dancefloors around the world!
The name and release date for the album will be announced later.
