12/12/2007

European Film Promotion has announced the names of the nine young actors who will take part in the Shooting Stars 2008 event at the upcoming Berlin Film Festival (February 8-12, 2008).

The future ambassadors of European cinema are Stine Fischer Christensen (After The Wedding [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sisse Graum Jørgensen
interview: Susanne Bier
film profile], Denmark), Nicolas Cazalé (The Grocer’s Son [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile], France), Hannah Herzsprung (Four Minutes [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Germany), Zsolt Nagy (Nosedive, Hungary), Elio Germano (My Brother Is an Only Child [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Daniele Luchetti
interview: Riccardo Tozzi
film profile], Italy), Maryam Hassouni (Kicks [+see also:
trailer
film profile], The Netherlands), Joel Basman (Life for Sale, Switzerland), Andrew Garfield (Boy A, UK) and Anamaria Marinca (4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Cristian Mungiu
interview: Oleg Mutu
film profile], Romania).

The nine talented actors were chosen by a jury comprising casting director Beatrice Kruger (Italy), personal manager Derek Power (USA), producer Vibeke Windeløv (Denmark), 2002 UK Shooting Star Lucy Russell and cinematographer Michael Ballhaus (Germany). In previous editions the list of emerging talents was directly appointed by Europe's national film institutes, members of EFP.

For the third consecutive year, Cineuropa is associating with the initiative and will soon publish exclusive interviews with the Shooting Stars.