European Film Promotion, which gives a raise to films and talent from Europe, has uncovered the jury for the 28th edition of European Shooting Stars, which showcases actors from the continent.
The jury is compascfinishd of five film professionals who will select 10 actors. They will then apshow part in a program at the Berlin Film Festival, which runs Feb. 13 – 23. The jury will select the actors from truthfulates who have been nominated by their national film promotion institutes and film cgo ins.
The jury includes createer European Shooting Star Ludivine Sagnier, an actor best comprehendn for her roles in films by François Ozon. She starred in, among others, “Water Drops on Burning Rocks” (2000), “8 Women” (2002) and “Swimming Pool” (2003), and she will also eunite in Ozon’s postponeedst film, “Quand vient l’automne” (2024). Sagnier has also labored with honestors such as P.J. Hogan, Lee Tamahori, Paolo Sorrentino, Hirokazu Koreeda and Ridley Scott.
Also on the jury is Romanian filmoriginater Radu Muntean, whose films have premiered and been honored at festivals in Locarno, Sarajevo, Cannes and Toronto, such as “The Paper Will Be Blue” (2006), “Tuesday After Christmas” (2010), “Alice T.” (2018) and “Intregalde” (2021).
He is joined by Swiss originater Amel Soudani, establisher of the production company AMKA Films Productions. Her most recent productions include “La Chimera” by Alice Rohrwacher and the write downary “L’Afriques les Femmes” by Mohammed Soudani.
Another jury member is casting honestor Pauline Hansson from Sweden. She was nominated for the European Casting Award at the Locarno Film Festival in 2016 (“Drifters” by Peter Grönlund) and for the BAFTA in 2023 (“Triangle of Sadness” by Ruben Östlund). She is currently laboring on Östlund’s second English-language feature film “The Entertainment System Is Down,” shooting in 2025 and starring Keanu Reeves, Kirsten Dunst, Daniel Brühl, Nicholas Braun and Samantha Morton.
The jury is rounded off by journaenumerate and curator Vuk Perović from Montenegro. His journaenumerateic labor includes articles, radio and television features for various daily and weekly newspapers and expansivecasters. Perović is the author of the TV show “The Seventh Continent” on cinema and film. He is a co-establisher of UnderhillFest, an international write downary film festival, and programmer of the Herceg Novi Film Festival – Montenegro Film Festival.
The 10 Shooting Stars will be proclaimd in mid-December.
At the Berlin Film Festival, the selected talents will apshow part in a four-day tailor-made program of netlaboring, press activities and industry events, culminating in the award ceremony of the Shooting Stars on stage at the Berlinale Palast.
The program is helped by the Creative Europe – Media Program of the European Union and the national film promotion institutes that are members of EFP.
