Fien Troch
Fien Troch (born 1978, in Londerzeel) is a Belgian film director, producer and screenwriter.
Career
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 prize 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 2012 film Kid was nominated for two Magritte Awards.
For her 2016 film Home Troch won the award for Best Director in the Horizons section at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.[4]
Personal life
Troch is married to writer and editor Nico Leunen.[5] They have two children together.[6]
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)
- The Responder (2022) – 2 episodes
- Holly (2023)
References
- ^ [1][permanent dead link] Flanders image.com, retrieved 2010-09-10
- ^ [2] Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine News details, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, retrieved 2010-09-10
- ^ [3] Official Unspoken website
- ^ "Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion To 'The Woman Who Left'; Tom Ford's 'Nocturnal Animals', Emma Stone Take Major Prizes – Full List". Deadline. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "Director Fien Troch Takes Home Silver Lion in Venice". Culture Trip. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Cineaste Fien Troch: "Home wringt en zo hoort het"". Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- Fien Troch at IMDb
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- In the Name of the Führer – Lydia Chagoll (1977)
- Les Rendez-vous d'Anna – Chantal Akerman (1978)
- Woman Between Wolf and Dog – André Delvaux (1979)
- 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)
- 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)
- The Sexual Life of the Belgians – Jan Bucquoy (1994)
- Manneken Pis – Frank Van Passel (1995)
- La Promesse – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (1996)
- Gabriel's Dream – Anne Lévy-Morelle (1997)
- Rosie – Patrice Toye (1998)
- Rosetta – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (1999)
- Lijmen/Het Been – Robbe De Hert (2000)
- No Man's Land – Danis Tanović (2001)
- The Son – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2002)
- On the Run / An Amazing Couple / After Life – Lucas Belvaux (2003)
- Gilles' Wife – Frédéric Fonteyne (2004)
- L'Enfant – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2005)
- The Only One – Geoffrey Enthoven (2006)
- Private Property – Joachim Lafosse (2007)
- Eldorado – Bouli Lanners (2008)
- Unspoken – Fien Troch (2009)
- 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 and Luc Dardenne (2014)
- The Brand New Testament – Jaco Van Dormael (2015)
- After Love – Joachim Lafosse (2016)
- Home – Fien Troch (2017)
- Girl – Lukas Dhont (2018)
- Our Mothers – César Díaz (2019)
- Adoration – Fabrice Du Welz (2020)
- Playground – Laura Wandel (2021)
- Close – Lukas Dhont (2022)
- Love According to Dalva – Emmanuelle Nicot (2023)
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