15-12-2016

Latvia, Slovenia, Romania and Poland Actors Tipped for EFP Shooting Stars 2017

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    BERLIN: Actors from Latvia, Slovenia, Romania and Poland are among the ten Shooting Stars 2017 announced by the European Film Promotion (EFP). The 20th Shooting Stars will be showcased during the 67th Berlin International Film Festival 2017 (9-19 February 2017).

    The event culminates on 13 February 2017, when each talent will be presented with the European Shooting Stars Award. European Film Promotion’s first and most prolific talent platform is financially supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union and the respective EFP member organisations.

    Shooting Stars 2017:

    Alessandro Borghi (Italy) for Don’t Be Bad

    Elīna Vaska (Latvia) for Mellow Mud (Latvia)
    Directed by Renārs Vimba
    Produced by Tasse Film
    Supported by the National Film Centre of Latvia, Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia, MEDIA

    Esben Smed (Denmark) for Letters for Amina

    Hannah Hoekstra (The Netherlands) for The Fury

    Karin Franz Körlof (Sweden) for A Serious Game

    Louis Hofmann (Germany) for Center of My World

    Maruša Majer (Slovenia) for Ivan (Slovenia, Croatia)
    Directed by Janez Burger
    Produced by Staragara
    Coproduced by Propeler Film , RTV Slovenija, Tramal films
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, Eurimages, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Viba film

    Tudor Aaron Istodor (Romania) for The Fixer (Romania, France)
    Directed by Adrian Sitaru
    Produced by 4Proof Film Production
    Coproduced by Petit Film

    Victoria Guerra (Portugal) for Cosmos

    Zofia Wichłacz (Poland) for Amok (Poland, Sweden, Germany)
    Directed by Kasia Adamik
    Produced by K & K Selekt
    Coproduced by TVN