Fien Troch is a Belgian

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 left field film director

Film director

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, producer and screenwriter

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. After graduating from the Sint-Lukas art academy

Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel

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 in Brussels

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 in 2000, she achieved several nominations and awards in her chosen career.

Her first full-length film Someone else's happiness 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 Ghent International Film Festival 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

Torino Film Festival

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it also won the price for Best Actress.

Her second and so far most recent film Unspoken depicts the aftermath of the disappearance of a young girl.

Filmography

• Verbrande aarde (short,1998)
• Wooww (short, 1999)
• Maria (short, 2000)
• Cool Sam & Sweet Suzy (short, 2001)
• Someone else's happiness (2005)
• Unspoken (2008)