European SHOOTING STARS shine bright at Berlinale 2012

13.02.2012

From left to right: Annie Yi (chinese ambassador for SHOOTING STARS), Richard Shen (TESiRO), Hilmar Gudjónsson (Iceland), Bill Skarsgård (Sweden), Jakub Gierszał (Poland), Adèle Haenel (France), Anna Maria Mühe (Germany), Dieter Kosslick (Festival director Berlin International Film Festival), Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Ireland), Max Hubacher (Switzerland), Riz Ahmed (UK), Ana Ularu (Romania), Isabella Ragonese (Italy).

Monday 13 February 2012: Ten of the most promising young actors in Europe chosen by a high-profile jury of film industry professionals as the 2012 SHOOTING STARS have concluded a whirlwind weekend of events at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival with photo-sessions, meetings with casting directors and filmmakers, a workshop with international agents and a press conference, culminating in a glittering award ceremony this Monday night.

Jury member and actor Thure Lindhardt and international film star John Hurt welcomed the ten actors onto the Berlinale Palast stage to receive the SHOOTING STARS Award – donated by main partner TESIRO to honour their outstanding artistically achievements in feature film. Afterwards the ten young stars celebrated with VIP's from the film industry at the China Club.

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Press Contact Premier PR:
Liberty Green, liberty.green@premierpr.com, +44 20 7292 8330
Ginger Corbett, ginger.corbett@premierpr.com, +44 20 7292 8330

EFP Contact
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

Participating EFP member organisations:
British Council, Cinecittà Luce – Filmitalia, German Films, Icelandic Film Centre, Irish Film Board, Polish Film Institute, Romanian Film Promotion, Swedish Film Institute, Swiss Films, uniFrance films

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EFP is financially supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union and by its member organisations. In addition, the SHOOTING STARS activities are backed by main sponsor TESIRO. Co partner is Mini, third partners are the  Stratus Media Group, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, arvato Entertainment Europe and Moët & Chandon. The Hamburg-based office is financially supported by the Minister of State for Culture and the Media and the Ministry of Culture of the City of Hamburg.

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Main sponsor SHOOTING STARS                      co partner                

                                                  

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with the support of the MEDIA Programme of the European Union

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