10/01/2003 - Maria Hofstätter, the award-winning star of Ulrich Seidl's Hundstage joins line up of the best young European acting talents at the next Berlinale in February

Maria Hofstätter is Austria’s Shooting Star at the next Berlinale (6 – 16 February) when she and 18 other young European acting talents will be presented to the film industry, the media and the public by event organisers, European Film Promotion .
Hofstätter came to the forefront of international attention after starring in Ulrich Seidl’s Hundstage (Dog Days), and won the best actress award at the 2001 edition of the Gijon International Film Festival in Spain. She also appeared in Harald Sicheritz’s commercial hit, Poppitz, Michael Haneke’s Wolfzeit, Ulrike Schweiger’s Twinni and Michael Sturminger’s Hurensohn. Hofstätter is also well known for her stage work and won an international theatre award for Werner Schwab’s “Die Präsidentinnen".

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