Shooting Stars 2004

EUROPEAN FILM PROMOTION PRESENTS
TOMORROW’S STARS TODAY

6 FEBRUARY - 8 FEBRUARY 2004
AT THE BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Prepare to be dazzled - the next generation of European movie stars are stepping into the spotlight…

Shooting Stars - the initiative run by the European Film Promotion, which is mainly financed by the MEDIA programme of the EU - will spotlight the hottest new acting talent in Europe at the 2004 Berlin International Film Festival.

A series of special events will take place at the opening weekend of the festival to focus the attention of the film industry on tomorrow’s young acting stars, today. The Shooting Stars are those actors and actresses nominated by EFP member organisations who have demonstrated considerable talent and presence in their projects to date - and are now tipped to
become international stars of the future.

The talent of the Shooting Stars will be recognised by the industry with the presentation of the Studio Hamburg Shooting Stars Award, handed out by the Berlin International Film Festival Director Dieter Kosslick on stage of the Berlinale Palast.

German Shooting Star 2003 and European Film Award Winner 2003 (Best Actor & Public Award for best acting), Daniel Brûhl (Good Bye, Lenin!), says “Shooting Stars really helped me to gain the first step on the international platform. It put me, so to speak, in the right place at the right time.”

Shooting Stars 2004 is supported by Volkswagen, the main partner of the Berlin International Film Festival. As well as supporting the project financially, Volkswagen will also be providing cars for the Shooting Stars.

PRESENTING THE 2004 SHOOTING STARS

AUSTRIA - GEORG FRIEDRICH
Nominated by: Austrian Film Commission
Key Films: Dog Days (2001), The Piano Teacher (2000)
BELGIUM - LUBNA AZABAL
Nominated by: Wallonie Bruxelles Images
Key Films: Exils (2003), Viva Laldjérie (2002)
CZECH REPUBLIC - ANA GEISLEROVÁ
Nominated by: Czech Film Center
Key Films: Supertex (2003), England (2000)
DENMARK - SONJA RICHTER
Nominated by: Danish Film Institute
Key Films: Open Hearts (2004), In Your Hands (2003)
FINLAND - IRINA BJÖRKLUND
Nominated by: Finnish Film Foundation
Key Films: Honey Baby (2004), Land of Love (2003)
FRANCE - ZOÉ FÉLIX
Nominated by: Unifrance
Key Films: La Beuze (2003), French Men (2002)
GERMANY - MARIA SIMON
Nominated by: Export-Union of German Cinema
Key films: Goodbye, Lenin! (2003), Lichter (2003)
GREECE - ALEXANDRA AIDINI
Nominated by: Greek Film Centre
Key Films: The Weeping Meadow (2003), Wrong Century (2000)
HUNGARY - ESZTER ÓNODI
Nominated by: Magyar Filmunió
Key Films: Hukkle (2001), A Kind of America (2001)
ICELAND - TOMAS LEMARQUIS
Nominated by: Icelandic Film Centre
Key Films: Noi the Albino (2003), Dramarama (2001)
IRELAND - ANDREW SCOTT
Nominated by: Irish Film Board
Key Films: Dead Bodies (2003), Saving Private Ryan (1998)
ITALY - FILIPPO NIGRO
Nominated by: Filmitalia
Key Films: A Luci Spente (2003), Facing Window (2002)
LATVIA - KRISTINE NEVARAUSKA
Nominated by: Baltic Films
Key Films: You’re Sexy When You’re Sad (2004), Handful of Bullets (2002)
LUXEMBOURG - TOM LEICK
Nominated by: Film Fund Luxembourg
Key Films: The Merchant of Venice (2004), The Emperor’s Wife (2002)
NORWAY - AKSEL HENNIE
Nominated by: Norwegian Film Institute
Key Films: Wolf Summer (2003), Buddy (2003)
PORTUGAL - ÂNGELO TORRES
Nominated by: Instituto do Cinema Audiovisual e Multimédia (ICAM)
Key Films: Fado Blues (2003), Preto e Branco (2002)
SPAIN - ELENA ANAYA
Nominated by: Instituto de la Cinematografia y de Las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)
Key Films: Talk to Her (2002), Sex and Lucia (2001)
SWEDEN - ANDREAS WILSON
Nominated by: Swedish Film Institute
Key Films: Evil (2003)
SWITZERLAND - MICHAEL KOCH
Nominated by: Swiss Films
Key Films: Ready, Steady, Charlie! (2003)
THE NETHERLANDS - THEKLA REUTEN
Nominated by: Holland Film
Key Films: Rosenstraße (2003), Twin Sisters (2002)
UNITED KINGDOM - EVA BIRTHISTLE
Nominated by: British Council
Key Films: Ae Fond Kiss (2004), Timbuktu (2003)

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