Belgian filmmaker Fien Troch will premiere her latest feature, Holly, on 10 October at the 50th edition of Film Festival Ghent, the organisation announced on Tuesday. This will be the third year in a row that the festival has selected a Belgian film to open after premiering Closer and La Civil in previous editions.
Seven years ago in Ghent, Fien Troch won the Georges Delerue Award for Best Music with her film Home. Her feature debut, Een ander zijn geluk and its successors, Unspoken and Kid, have already been included in the programme, as have two of Troch's short films.
Troch's latest film, Holly, portrays a 15-year-old girl who predicted a deadly school fire. The film was also selected to compete in the Venice International Film Festival. From 22 November, Holly will play in Belgian cinemas.
Newcomer Cathalina Geeraerts plays the title role, Holly, alongside Felix Heremans, Greet Verstraete, Els Deceukelier, Serdi Faki Alici and Robbie Cleiren. As with Home, Troch counted on the support of Frank van den Eeden and Nico Leunen for photography and editing.
"The festival has always welcomed us warmly with my previous films, and I am extremely happy that we will open the fiftieth edition with this one. We will definitely make it a big party," Troch concludes.
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