Someone Else’s Happiness for Hollywood
Someone Else's Happiness [+see also:
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film profile] by the young Flemish director Fien Troch (see interview) is to represent Belgium at the Academy Awards, where it will compete for Best Foreign Language Film.
The jury composed of 10 professionals (including director Fabrice du Welz, distributors Jan Declercq and An Rydant and the producer Olivier Bonckart) chose this beautiful debut feature from 20 titles that included The Weakest Is Always Right [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Lucas Belvaux – selected at Cannes in official competition this year – and big hits at the Belgian box office, such as Frank Van Mechelen’s Hell in Tangier [+see also:
trailer
film profile], the ten professionals reunited for the occasion . Troch’s feature has already won several awards at festivals (Angers, Thessaloniki…).
Troch is currently at work on her second film with the same producer of Prime Time and . The film has received scriptwriting funding from the Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF) and was selected at the Cannes Festival Residence (see news).
(Translated from French)
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