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Biography
Fien Troch (born 1978 in Londerzeel) is a Belgian left field film director, producer and screenwriter. After graduating from the Sint-Lukas art academy in Brussels in 2000, she achieved several nominations and awards in her chosen career.
Her first full-length film Someone else's happinessis a psychological drama film that deals with how a fatal car accident affects a small village in Flanders. The film was nominated for the Grand Prix (2005) at the Flanders International Film Festival Ghent and for the Joseph Plateau Award (2006) for Best Belgian Director and Best Belgian Screenplay.
Moreover, in 2005 at Thessaloniki Film Festival it won the Golden Alexander and an award for Best Screenplay. At the 62nd edition of the Torino Film Festival it also won the price for Best Actress.
Her second film Unspokendepicts the aftermath of the disappearance of a young girl. The film received the André Cavens Award for Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC).
Her third and so far most recent film Kid was nominated for two Magritte Awards.
Filmography
- Verbrande aarde (short,1998)
- Wooww (short, 1999)
- Maria (short, 2000)
- Cool Sam & Sweet Suzy (short, 2001)
- Someone Else's Happiness (2005)
- Unspoken (2008)
- Kid (2012)
- Home (2016)