Fien Troch

Fien Troch at the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2009

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 happiness ^[1] is 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^[2] it also won the price for Best Actress.

Her second film Unspoken ^[3] depicts 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)

References

↑ Flanders image.com, retrieved 2010-09-10
↑ News details, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, retrieved 2010-09-10
↑ Official Unspoken website

Fien Troch at the Internet Movie Database

André Cavens Award for Best Film

1970s	The Son of Amir Is Dead – Jean-Jacques Andrien (1976) In the Name of the Führer – Lydia Chagoll (1977) Woman Between Wolf and Dog – André Delvaux (1979)

1980s	My Name Is Anna Magnani – Chris Vermorcken (1980) Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven – Jean-Jacques Andrien (1981) Le Lit – Marion Hänsel (1982) Brussels by Night – Marc Didden (1983) Permeke – Patrick Conrad and Henri Storck (1985) The van Paemel Family – Paul Cammermans (1986) Wedding in Galilee – Michel Khleifi (1987) The Abyss – André Delvaux (1988) Wait Until Spring, Bandini – Dominique Deruddere (1989)

1990s	Monsieur – Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1990) Toto the Hero – Jaco Van Dormael (1991) Man Bites Dog – Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde (1992) Just Friends – Marc-Henri Wajnberg (1993) La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978 – Jan Bucquoy (1994) Manneken Pis – Frank Van Passel (1995) La Promesse – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (1996) Gabriel's Dream – Anne Lévy-Morelle (1997) Rosie – Patrice Toye (1998) Rosetta – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (1999)

2000s	Lijmen/Het Been – Robbe De Hert (2000) No Man's Land – Danis Tanović (2001) The Son – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (2002) On the Run / An Amazing Couple / After Life – Lucas Belvaux (2003) Gilles' Wife – Frédéric Fonteyne (2004) The Child – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (2005) The Only One – Geoffrey Enthoven (2006) Private Property – Joachim Lafosse (2007) Eldorado – Bouli Lanners (2008) Unspoken – Fien Troch (2009)

2010s	Mr. Nobody – Jaco Van Dormael (2010) Bullhead – Michael R. Roskam (2011) Our Children – Joachim Lafosse (2012) Kid – Fien Troch (2013) Two Days, One Night – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (2014) The Brand New Testament – Jaco Van Dormael (2015)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/5/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.