Europe's best young actors in Denmark

12.04.2010

Selected as the cream of Europe's acting talent, a group of eight SHOOTING STARS 2010 will be spotlighted with their films at the CPH PIX Film Festival in Copenhagen between April 23-25. The festival will present the actors together with their films, involving the young talent in various activities and bringing them into contact with international filmmakers and key persons from the Danish film industry. Most of the SHOOTING STARS 2010 will present their films at CPH PIX in person.

For the first time, European Film Promotion (EFP) and the CPH PIX Copenhagen will be teaming up for EFP's Touring Shooting Stars Programme and giving the participants exposure to the press and local audiences in Denmark after the official presentation as SHOOTING STARS at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. The aim is to support the young stars in their international careers and increase the public awareness of European films and talent. The programme is supported financially by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union.

CPH PIX will see Croatian SHOOTING STAR Zrinka Cvitešić presenting On the Path which was screened in Competition at this year‘s Berlinale and the 2010 Istanbul International Film Festival. Edward Hogg from the UK will be seen in Bunny and the Bull, the winner of the British Independent Film Awards, and Lotte Verbeek from The Netherlands will talk about the acclaimed Nothing Personal in which she plays the lead role – this film was also shown at the film festival in Istanbul. Anders Baasmo Christiansen, who stars in Vegas, will be coming from Norway, Finnish actress Pihla Viitala will meet with audiences to discuss the story of Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre (R.W.W.M.) and Michele Riondino will speak about his role in the Italian comedy Ten Winters. Moreover, CPH PIX will screen Grown Ups with French SHOOTING STAR Anaïs Demoustier and Police, Adjective with the Romanian actor Dragoş Bucur.

The CPH PIX, Denmark's biggest film festival dedicated to feature films, will roll out in Copenhagen between April 15-25 with a programme focussing on new talents, new ideas and artistic courage. It was launched in 2009 as a merger between the Natfilm Festival and the Copenhagen International Film Festival. This year, the festival will be presenting 180 feature films from around the globe and is staging a competition for the New Talent Grand PIX Award consisting of a €50.000 cash prize for a first time feature filmmaker.

“We are very pleased to be able to welcome SHOOTING STARS 2010 at our festival and present their latest films here in Copenhagen to audiences who would otherwise hardly have the chance to see these stories from across Europe on the big screen”, says CPH PIX Festival Director Jacob Neiiendam. “Our festival aims to bring people together to see good films from all over the world, which can't be found in regular cinema programmes and making audiences aware of new European talent is a natural part of this.”

Films starring SHOOTING STARS 2010 at CPH PIX

Vegas by Gunnar Vikene
with Anders Baasmo Christiansen (Norway)

Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu
with Dragoş Bucur (Romania)

On the Path by Jasmila Žbanić
with Zrinka Cvitešić (Croatia)

Grown Ups by Anna Novion
with Anaïs Demoustier (France)

Bunny and the Bull by Paul King
with Edward Hogg (United Kingdom)

Ten Winters by Valerio Mieli
with Michele Riondino (Italy)

Nothing Personal by Urszula Antoniak
with Lotte Verbeek (The Netherlands)

Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre(R.W.W.M.) by Julius Kemp,
with Pihla Viitala (Finland)


*** more information on the Festival www.cphpix.dk ***

Contact EFP: Karin Dix Project Director   dix@efp-online.com +49 40- 390 6252

Mareen Gerisch Head of Press   gerisch@efp-online.com +49 40- 390 6252

Contact CPH PIX: Marie á Roqvi Press Coordinator press@cphpix.dk +45 61- 77 82 16

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EFP is supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union and its participating EFP member organisations. In addition, promotion and PR activities are backed by the Centre National de la Cinématographie et de l'image animée (CNC). The project TOURING SHOOTING STARS PROGRAMME moreover is supported by the CPH PIX Film Festival. The Hamburg-based office is supported by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) and the Department for Culture, Sports and Media of the City of Hamburg.

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