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Domien Huyghe (b. 1988) is a Belgian award winning film director and screenwriter. His debut feature film SEA SPARKLE (A Private View) was the opening film of the Berlin International Film Festival as part of the Generation section and was awarded the Special Mention Best Film of the children’s jury Berlinale Generation Kplus 2023. The film was developed during the Cinekid Script- & Director’s lab and was selected for the Berlinale Coproduction Market.
He is currently developing his next feature film AMARI (Selected for the Torino Filmlab Extended 2022 & Torino Script lab 2023) and a TV series SKATE OR HATE, (Selected for the Torino SeriesLab 2021). Domien is also a Midpoint TV Launch alumni and received international recognition for his short film MAVERICK (2017)
His work often features themes such as coping with loss and reconnecting with family and he is always searching for innovative ways to bring such themes to a large audience.
Awards & Education
AMARI
TORINO FILMLAB EXTENDED 2022
TORINO FILMLAB SCRIPT LAB 2023
Winner White Mirror Award TFL script lab 2023
SKATE OR HATE
TORINO SERIESLAB 2021
SEA SPARKLE
CINEKID SCRIPT LAB 2019
RECONNEXT FILM FEST GHENT 2020
CINEKID DIRECTOR’S LAB 2021
BERLINALE COPRODUCTION MARKET 2021
BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL 2023 (Opening film)
Special Mention Best Film of the children’s jury Berlinale Generation Kplus 2023
FIFEM INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL - MONTREAL, CANADA 2023
BUFF INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL - MALMÖ, SWEDEN 2023
Winner of the ECFA award BUFF International Filmfestival - Malmö 2023
BARNEFILMFESTIVALEN - KRISTIANSAND, NORWAY 2023
Special Mention Industry Award at Barnefilmfestivalen - Kristiansand, Norway 2023
63RD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH - ZLIN, CZE 2023
ZONES PORTUAIRES FESTIVAL DU CINEMA - SAINT NAZAIRE, FRANCE
17TH BUSAN INTERNATIONAL KIDS AND YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL - SOUTH-KOREA 2023
70TH PULA FILM FESTIVAL - PULA, CROATIA
53RD INTERNATIONAL GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL - GIFFONI VALLE PIANA, ITALY 2023
29TH KYOTO INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FLM FESTIVAL - KYOTO, JAPAN 2023
5TH CINEDU - IFF FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH - NOVA BOSACA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC 2023
NORWEGIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - HAUGESUND, NORAWAY 2023
SALAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - BAKU, AZERBAIJAN 2023
11TH SEOUL INT’L CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL - SEOUL, SOUTH-KOREA 2023
BUSTER COPENHAGEN IFF - KOPENHAGEN, DENMARK 2023
10TH YOUNG HORIZONS IFF - WARSAW, POLAND 2023
Winner of the ECFA award Young Horizons Film Festival - Poland 2023
Special Mention The film educators group Young Horizons - Poland 2023
19E FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM INDEPENDANT - BERCK-SUR-MER, FRANCE 2023
35TH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH - ISFAHAN, IRAN 2023
WINNER best director 35th International FF for Children and Youth - Isfahan, Iran
38E FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM FRANCOPHONE - NAMUR, BELGIUM 2023
CINEKID INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS 2023
7TH ZSIGMOND VILMOS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - SZEGED, HUNGARY 2023
52ND KYIV INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL MOLODIST - KIEV, UKRAINE 2023
Special Mention 52nd Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist - Kiev, Ukraine
32ND ANKARA FILM FESTIVAL - ANKARA, TURKEY 2023
40TH CHICAGO INT. CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL - CHICAGO, USA 2023
27TH TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL - TALLINN, ESTONIA 2023
16TH IFF FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH - DOBRANY, CZECH REPUBLIC 2023
34TH CINEMAGIC INT. FILM & TELEVISION FESTIVAL - BELFAST, IRELAND 2023
KINODISEEA INT. CHILDREN FILM FESTIVAL - BUCHAREST, ROMANIA 2023
35TH VIENNA INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL - VIENNA, AUSTRIA 2023
41sth IYAFF ALE KINO - POZNAN, POLAND 2023
32th FESTIVAL DU FILM DE SARLAT - SARLAT, FRANCE 2023
11TH BOSPHORUS FILM FESTIVAL - ISTANBUL, TURKEY 2023
WINNER best actress 11th Bosphorus Film Festival - Istanbul, Turkey 2023
BULBUL CHILDREN’S INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - GOA, INDIA 2023
WINNER best actress Bulbul Children’s International Film Festival - Goa India 2024
WINNER best director Bulbul Children’s International Film Festival - Goa India 2024
ENSOR Telenet Publieksprijs - Ostend, Belgium 2024
TRANSIT
MIDPOINT TV-LAUNCH 2018
ART DEPARTMENT MASTERCLASS AWARD - TORINO, IT
SELECTED FOR SERIENKAMP 2018 - MUNICH, DE
MAVERICK
LEUVEN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2017
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL 2017
LANDSHUTER SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, DE 2018
JEFFESTIVAL ANTWERP, BRUGES, 2018
OSTEND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2017
FIFF NAMUR FILM FESTIVAL 2018
23. INTERNATIONALEN FILMFESTIVALS SCHLINGEL
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL BRNO 16
KINOKINO W TRAMPKACH FILMFESTIVAL
CMS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL
17th REGGIO FILM FESTIVAL, IT 2018
4TH COURTS D’UN SOIR, CA 2019
9TH PUNE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, INDIA 2019
47TH FESTIVALS OF NATIONS, AUT 2019
KO:SH Film FEST 2019
BRANDED
FUTURE TALENTS AWARD - MOST INNOVATE
SILVER FOR EUROBEST FESTIVAL OF CREATIVITY
CANNES LIONS SHORTLIST
BERLIN MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS