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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Fien Troch

Fien TROCH (1978, Belgium) graduated from the film department of the Sint Lukas Academy in Brussels in 2000, where she later returned as a teacher. She acted in the French feature Saint-Cyr (2000) by Patricia Mazuy, made several short films and a number of television commercials. Her feature film debut Someone Else’s Happiness (2005) won the Golden Alexander for best film, best script and best actress (Ina Geerts) in Thessaloniki. Troch’s feature films Kid (2012) and Home (2016) also received awards at several film festivals. In 2008, she received the Flemish Culture Prize for Film. Holly (2023) was selected for IFFR 2024.

Filmography

Verbrande aarde (1998, short), Wooww (1999, short), Maria (2000, short), Cool Sam and Sweet Suzie (2001, short), Een ander zijn geluk/Someone Else’s Happiness (2005), Unspoken (2009), Kid (2012), Home (2016), Holly (2023)

Fien Troch at IFFR

  • Holly

    A teen suspected of possessing supernatural powers becomes a local celebrity in this unnerving drama.

  • Unspoken

    Second film by Fien Troch (Someone Else’s Happiness) focuses on the undealt with, suffocating sorrow of the couple Emmanuelle Devos and Bruno

  • Een ander zijn geluk

    Oppressive psychological drama, sublimely acted and photographed, not lacking in black humour, around the unfortunate death of a child in een villa

  • Kid

    Heartrending story, stern camera. The boy Kid lives with his elder brother and mother on a farm. The father has left them and their financial situa

  • Home

    Where and with whom do you feel at home? This is the theme the teenage friends and their families grapple with in Fien Troch’s latest drama.

  • Unspoken

  • Kid