Asta Kamma August • Actress
"I read the script twenty to thirty times, with the idea that it moves into your subconscious"
by Ana Stanic
BERLINALE 2024: The Swedish actress talks about her budding career, which has already seen her work with emerging directors as well as masters such as Bille August and Lars von Trier
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Asta Kamma August graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in 2017. She had leading roles in Kalak [+see also:
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film profile], which premiered at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. She has worked with acclaimed Danish directors Bille August (The Pact) and Lars von Trier (The Kingdom Exodus [+see also:
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film profile] (2022) she shared the screen with former Shooting Stars Bill Skarsgård and Gustav Lindh. On television, Asta appeared in Blackwater (2023), and next is Thomas Vinterberg's highly anticipated series Families Like Ours.
Now selected for EFP's 2024 European Shooting Stars, she talks to us about her emerging career.
See also
- Kalak [DK, SE, NO, NL, FI] (2023): film profile, film review, trailer, interview: Isabella Eklöf
- The Hypnosis [SE, NO, FR] (2023): film profile, film review, trailer, interview: Ernst De Geer
- The Kingdom Exodus [DK] (2022): series profile, series review, trailer, interview: Hubert Toint and Mark Denessen
