Shooting Stars 2006. - 21 Most Talented Young European Actors
Each year, European Film Promotion (EFP), a network of promotion and marketing organisations from 35 European countries, presents the most talented young actors from throughout Europe to the press, public and industry during the Berlin International Film Festival. Actors with established national careers are suddenly on the international stage at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival. Among the actors recognized with the SHOOTING STARS AWARD over the years are such top-flight actors as Daniel Craig, Daniel Brühl, Rachel Weisz, Franka Potente, Archie Panjabi, Maya Sansa and Nina Hoss.
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Marta Etura was born on 28 October 1978 in Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain. She is an actress and director, known for Offering to the Storm (2020), The Legacy of the Bones (2019) and The Invisible Guardian (2017).- Before beginning her studies at the Danish National School of Theatre in 2000, Beate Bille had already appeared in the films "Angel of the night" and "The art of success". By the time she graduated in 2004, she had been offered her first leading role in the feature film "Menslaughter". This film, which won several Scandinavian film awards, gave her the opportunity to create an intense portrait of a young leftwing activist involved in an affair with a former teacher, played by Danish actor Jesper Christensen. She plays opposite the German actress Hanna Schygulla in "Die blaue Grenze". Appearances in Emmy Award winning Danish TV series include roles in "Unit One", "Taxa", "Ornen", and "Nikolaj og Julie". At 2006 she was selected as the Danish Shooting Star at the Berlinale Festival. She presently has a part in Hella Joof's "Fidibus" and Nikolai Arcels' film, "De fortabte Sjaeles O", which opens in 2007.
- Gabriella Hámori was born on 1 November 1978 in Szarvas, Hungary. She is an actress, known for I Love Budapest (2001), The Exam (2011) and A játszma (2022).
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Björn Hlynur Haraldsson was born in Iceland on 8 December 1974. His first role was as Guðjón In Reykjavik Guesthouse: Rent a Bike (2002) before landing a leading role alongside Daniel Brühl in King's Road (2010). After playing the lead role as police detective Helgi Marvin in both mini-series The Cliff (2009) & The Lava Field (2014) he gained more fame after his role as Trausti Einarsson in the murder mystery series Trapped (2015). It has perhaps been his portrayal of Eric Odegard in the psychological thriller series Fortitude (2015) that has seen his popularity rise to even new heights.- Maarja Jakobson was born on 8 December 1977 in Tartumaa, Estonia. She is an actress, known for Autumn Ball (2007), Nukumaja (2017) and Kass kukub käppadele (1999).
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Vesela Kazakova graduated both acting and producing respectively in the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in 2000 and University of Economics in Sofia 2003. Her first roles in the cinema and on stage brought her the debut awards for best young actress in Bulgaria in 2002. Further lead roles in six films have snapped up prestigious prizes for best female actress in Bulgaria and abroad, Silver George Award in Moscow Film festival in 2005, and Berlinale Shooting Stars Award in 2006 amongst them. Vesela started producing theatre performances in 2005 while also working as an actor, play co-writer and composer. After notable acting career, Vesela Kazakova set her goals on creating socially and politically charged work at production company Activist38 together with the animation director Mina Mileva. They started with the documentary "Because of Her", devoted to her mother who was an actress. Vesela Kazakova is part of Producers on the Move 2020; EAVE 2013 graduate and also one of the Emerging Producers'13 in Jihlava.
The dynamic director&producer duo Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova has created a strong wave of political activism in their own country Bulgaria with the internationally acclaimed feature doc "Uncle Tony, Three Fools and the Secret Service" 2013. The film had caused major controversy and changed the archival copyrights regulations and nearly send "the duo" to jail for revealing totalitarian mechanisms in the film industry. The authors were subjected to harsh and lengthy institutional and personal attacks from the film guild in Bulgaria and colleagues who vouched never to grant activist38 state subsidy again. EDN - European Documentary Network, EAVE and Cineuropa published support articles, which the Bulgarian Cinema Council demanded to be removed. VARIETY review by Jay Weissberg clarified the controversy. The film received eleven international awards together with prestigious selections, it entered AFI's showcase "Best of European cinema 2014".
Their next political documentary "The Beast is still alive" 2016, MEDIA supported and aired by ARTE for the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall , dealing with consequences of Communism has created a furore after a single TV broadcast in Bulgaria. The PR department for the Bulgarian Socialist Party has reacted strongly against it, issuing statements in their media and sending letters and legal threats to the TV channel. Wide media reaction and debates ensued as the film portrays active politicians and current issues. Abroad, the film enjoyed good selections at IDFA, Sarajevo IFF, WARSAW FF, Goteborg, ZagrebDox, Beldocs and other festivals. It won BEST DOCUMENTARY awards at Aegean Docs and Calcutta Cult Film Festival. As a project it gathered IDFA FORUM AWARD 2015 at the East Doc Platform's pitch and it was selected amongst 4 upcoming work-in-progress from Eastern Europe in LAST STOP TRIESTE'16. Developed at Rough Cut Service (Iikka Vehkalahti), financed by the Bulgarian National Film Centre and coproduced by the Bulgarian National Television.
The tandem made their first fiction film "Cat in the wall" 2019 which deals with East European migrants in London premiered at Locarno's International Competition in 2019 and being part of EFA Feature Film Selection 2020. The film is supported by Creative Europe's programme MEDIA, Region Ile de France and it's coproduction with the Bulgarian National Television. The film received FIPRESCI Award at the 35st Warsaw Film Festival, two awards - Young critics award and Audience award at Zerkalo - Tarkovski Film Festival in Russia, and in Bulgaria was awarded for Best Bulgarian Film at Sofia Film Fest and Best Bulgarian Debut at Golden Rose. It has wide coverage on Variety, Screen International, including featuring as number 1 in their list of best films from summer festivals.
"Women Do Cry" (2021), their next fiction film, described as a rallying cry and a feminist critique of modern Bulgarian society, premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard official selection in 2021. This film deals with the absurd circumstances in Bulgaria around the ratification of the so-called Istanbul convention focused on the gender-based violence with five main female characters. Followed by other strong selections in Sarajevo, Warsaw, Karlovi Vary, AFI, SXSW, Trieste where it received Eurimages Audentia award and again it was is part of the EFA Feature Film Selection 2022. The film is a coproduction with France (Ici et La productions - Christophe Bruncher), ARTE France and Eurimages supported and the Bulgarian National Film Centre. Presented by world sales mk2 films.- Iva Kranjc was born on 10 November 1978 in Ljubljana, Slovenia and raised in Ptuj, Slovenia. After primary school, she studied at Gimnazija Ptuj (Ptuj gymnasium). There she become a member of a theatre group called Teater III. After high school she became a student of AGRFT. Her first professional play was Curek krvi by A. Artaud, in the third class she received student Sever Award for performance in Cid. After many roles in Theater and TV series, she get the role of Simona in Guardian of the Frontier (2002). That role brought her a Vesna for best female performance.
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Carlos Leal was born on 9 July 1969 in Fribourg, Switzerland. He is an actor and producer, known for The L Word: Generation Q (2019), Father Stu (2022) and The Boarding School (2007). He is married to Jo Kelly. They have two children.- Actor
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Born in 1972 this Czech actor studied at the Brno Academy of Dramatic Arts before joining the Hadivadla theatre company. His movie debut dates back to 1999 when Sasa Gedeon gave him the lead role in his 1999 "Návrat idiota" (Le retour de l'idiot). Twice nominated for the Best Actor Czech Lion, he won one for his role of Tonik, the lover who comes of age in the sensitive chronicle signed in 1995 by Bohdan Sláma's "Stestí"(Something Like Happiness).- Nuno Lopes was born on 6 May 1978 in Lisbon, Portugal. He is an actor, known for Saint George (2016), Lines of Wellington (2012) and Goodnight Irene (2008).
- Christos Loulis was born on 10 April 1976 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor, known for Oi sklavoi sta desma tous (2008), O orkos II (The Oath II) (2023) and Miss Violence (2013). He has been married to Emily Koliandri since 29 September 2008. They have one child.
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Ruth Negga was born on 4 May 1981 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She is an actress and producer, known for Loving (2016), Passing (2021) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013).- Actor
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Mimoun was born in the port city of Nador, Morocco. He is of Moroccan-Dutch descent. He graduated from Amsterdam Theatre School in 1999, and became a stage actor from 1998 till 2001. His major films include Shouf shouf habibi! (2004) and Het schnitzelparadijs (2005). For his role in the latter he won the 2005 Golden Calf Award for Best Supporting Actor.- Actress
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Lucy Punch grew up in London and was a member of the National Youth Theatre in her late teens before going to University College London to read History. While she was there she auditioned for TV roles and eventually dropped out to concentrate on acting.
She learned a lot, she says, from working on the short-lived TV series Let Them Eat Cake (1999) with Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French and although she has played many serious roles on TV and in film since, it's her comic skills that have shone.
After several years of steady TV and film work at home, she moved to Los Angeles in the mid-2000s and soon found work there on another short-lived comedy show, The Class (2006) and has stayed in the US ever since, appearing on TV and in movies to increasing acclaim.- Actor
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Jasper Pääkkönen is an actor, fly fisherman, environmentalist and an entrepreneur. His most recent work include the role of Felix in Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman and Halfdan the Black in the hit TV series Vikings. In his home country Finland, according to newspaper Ilta Sanomat, he is "the most profitable film actor in Finland" for having starred in many of Finland's biggest box office hits during his career. For his role Harri in Dome Karukoski's Heart of a Lion (Leijonasydän) he won the Finnish Jussi award (local Oscar). Many of Pääkkönen's films have made #1 in the Finnish B.O., including Pahat Pojat (Bad Boys - a true story), Matti, Frozen Land and Lapland Odyssey. Apart from his work in film, he is know as the cult outdoor brand Patagonia's ambassador. The architectural spa Löyly, which he built and owns in Helsinki, was named one of World's 100 Greatest Places by Time Magazine. In his free time he travels the world fly fishing as the cult outdoor brand Patagonia's brand ambassador.- Actress
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Born 1973 in Vienna, studies of theatre science, philosophy and journalism in Vienna. Since 1994 studies of filmdirecting at the Viennese Film Academy. Casting for the feature films "Funny Games" and "The Age of the Wolves" by Michael Haneke. Actress in short films and theater productions in Vienna- Actress
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After making the children's TV show 'Disneyklubben' she began to study acting at Teaterhögskolan in Stockholm. She graduated with a performance in Lars Norén's play 'Munich-Aten'. She has done a lot of roles for both radio and television. She is currently under contract with The Royal Dramatic Theatre, where she has starred in Bertolt Brecht's 'Puntila' and Tennessee Williams' 'This Property Is Condemned'.- Actor
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Riccardo Scamarcio was born on 13 November 1979 in Trani, Apulia, Italy. He is an actor and producer, known for John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), Loose Cannons (2010) and Tre metri sopra il cielo (2004).- Ane Dahl Torp was born on 1 August 1975 in Bærum, Norway. She is an actress, known for The Wave (2015), Cold Lunch (2008) and Gymnaslærer Pedersen (2006).
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Fanny Valette was born on 4 July 1986 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She is an actress, known for La petite Jérusalem (2005), Just a Fling (2017) and High Lane (2009).- Actress
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Johanna Wokalek was born on 3 March 1975 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. She is an actress, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Pope Joan (2009) and Barefoot (2005). She is married to Thomas Hengelbrock. They have one child.