SHOOTING STARS ambassadors for European Cinema in Spain

27.10.2011

European delights in the south of Spain: the Seville European Film Festival (SEFF), in cooperation with European Film Promotion (EFP), is to present a SHOOTING STARS film showcase as part of  the new festival edition which is running from November 4 - 11, 2011.

The selected films are:

Rudolf van den Berg's Tirza with 2011 Dutch SHOOTING STAR Sylvia Hoeks

Andres Veiel's If Not Us, Who with 2011 German SHOOTING STAR Alexander Fehling

Juanita Wilson's As If I Am Not There (also EFA nominated) with 2011 SHOOTING STAR Natasha Petrovic (FYR of Macedonia)

John Shank's Last Winter with the 2010 French SHOOTING STAR Anaïs Demoustier

Natasha Petrovic and Anaïs Demoustier will be the talents presenting their films at SEFF. As participants of the Touring SHOOTING STARS Film Programme, which is financially backed by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the young stars will be travelling as ambassadors for European cinema.

On the first weekend of the festival, a special focus will be placed on the films being presented to the Spanish audiences, press and film industry. They all star emerging young talents who were recently showcased as SHOOTING STARS - Europe's best young actors at the Berlin International Film Festival.

SEFF, in collaboration with EFP, will be organising various events for the SHOOTING STARS, including press meetings and a conference, as a promotion of the great talents "in front of the camera" in today's European cinema. Moreover, they will take part in the announcement ceremony of 24th European Film Awards nominations and have the chance to meet professionals from the Spanish film industry.

For the third time, the Seville European Film Festival will be teaming up with EFP. With its film programme - and especially the Eurimages competition section - the festival offers the audience a unique opportunity to see contemporary films from different European countries.

Anaïs Demoustier – SHOOTING STAR France 2010
French actress Anaïs Demoustier began her film career in Time Of The Wolf (Michael Haneke). Subsequent films have included Love and Fresh Water (Isabelle Czajka) and recently Malgoska Szumowska's Sponsoring where she plays alongside Juliette Binoche. Her performance in Last Winter by John Shank - set on a farm in France - will be introduced by Anaïs in person at the festival in Seville.

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Sylvia Hoeks – SHOOTING STAR The Netherlands 2011
Following her roles in Ben Sombogaart's The Storm and Tirza by Rudolf Van Berg (to be seen on big screen in Seville), Sylvia Hoecks has been involved in a number of projects during 2011, both in film and the theatre, including Andre van Duuren's De Bende Van Oss where she plays the lead. The film recently opened the Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht.

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Alexander Fehling  – SHOOTING STAR Germany 2011
After his role in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Alexander Fehling appeared in Philipp Stölzl's film Goethe! and Andres Veiel's RAF drama If not us, who – to be seen in Seville. He was recently shooting in Canada for Philipp Stölzl's international co-production The Expatriate. His film project The River Used To Be A Man (Jan Zabeil) is currently touring around the international film festivals.

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Natasha Petrovic – SHOOTING STAR FYR of Macedonia 2011
Natasha Petrovic began her film career with a role in Milcho Manchevski's feature film Shadows. She had a very strong performance in As If I Am Not There by Juanita Wilson for which she was nominated as 'Best International Actress Film' at this year's Irish Film & TV Awards. She will present the film in person in Seville.

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© portraits, top down: Eric Verbazobres, Markus Nass, Joachim Gern, Markus Nass
© film stills: If not us, who: Markus Jans - zero one film; Tirza: Fu Works; Last Winter: Tarentula - Silex Films - PCT - 2011

EFP Contact

Karin Dix, project director, dix@efp-online.com, +49 40- 390 6252
Mareen Gerisch, press, gerisch@efp-online.com, +49 160- 946 80 280

Contact Seville European Film Festival: www.festivaldesevilla.com

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EFP is supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union and by its member organisations. Promotional and PR activities are also funded by the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image animée (CNC) and private partners. The event takes place in cooperation with the Seville European Film Festival. The Hamburg office is financially supported by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Ministry of Culture of the City of Hamburg.

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