Nathalie Teirlinck

Nathalie Teirlinck (Brussels, 1985) is a Belgian director and screenwriter. In 2007, she graduated with honours from the Film Department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Ghent. Her short films Anémone (2006) and Juliette (2007) were awarded Best Short Film at Film Fest Ghent. Anémone was also nominated for the Locarno International Film Festival. Her third short film, Venus vs. Me (2010), won the European Film Academy Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Teirlinck also directed music videos for artists such as Novastar, Lady Linn, Admiral Freebee, and Amenra, and wrote for the theater. Her production Slumberland (2015) won the Music Theatre Now Award in New York. Since 2012, Nathalie Teirlinck has also worked as a guest lecturer at the Ghent film school KASK. Her first feature film, Le Passé devant nous (2016), starring Canadian Évelyne Brochu, won the Eurimages Award at CineMart during the International Film Festival Rotterdam and was awarded two Ensors. In 2019, Nathalie Teirlinck received the Culture Prize of the City of Ghent for her multi-award-winning work in film and theater.