Shooting Stars 2016. - 10 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 Rachel Weisz, Franka Potente, Daniel Craig, Nina Hoss, Ludivine Sagnier, Daniel Brühl, Matthias Schoenaerts, Lucy Punch, Mélanie Laurent, Anamaria Marinca, Carey Mulligan, Sarah Bolger, Andrea Riseborough, Alicia Vikander, Bill Skarsgård, Riz Ahmed and Adèle Haenel.
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Lou de Laâge was born on 27 April 1990 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She is an actress, known for The Innocents (2016), Jappeloup (2013) and The Mad Women's Ball (2021).FRANCE- Martha Canga Antonio was born on 12 June 1995 in Bergen, Belgium. She is an actress, known for Black (2015), Roomies (2022) and Baptiste (2019).BELGIUM
- Tihana Lazovic was born on 25 September 1990 in Zadar, SFR Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. She is an actress, known for The High Sun (2015), Aleksi (2018) and Only When I Laugh (2023). She has been married to Branislav Trifunovic since 21 August 2022.CROATIA
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Jella Haase was born on 27 October 1992 in Berlin, Germany. She is an actress and producer, known for Suck Me Shakespeer (2013), Suck Me Shakespeer 2 (2015) and Kleo (2022).GERMANY- Actress
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Daphné Patakia grew up in Belgium and graduated from the Greek National Theatre. In 2016 she was named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion. She is known for Tony Gatlif's Djam (2017). The film premiered in 2017 Cannes Film Festival. She stars in Yorgos Lanthimos's Nimic (2019) and Paul Verhoeven's nun drama Bernedetta (2020).GREECE- Actor
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Atli Óskar received the prestigious Berlinale European Shooting Stars nomination in wake of starring in Rúnar Rúnarsson's Sparrows (2015). A film that won the Golden Shell at the 63rd San Sebastián Film Festival. Through his teenage and young-adult years he has garnered an impressive body of work with roles in films, TV shows and shorts. He was nominated for the Icelandic Edda Academy Award for his leading role in Baldvin Z's Jitters (2010), as a troubled gay teenager. His screen debut, Two Birds (2008), was nominated for the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 61st Cannes Film Festival.ICELAND- Born in Pescara, Sara Serraiocco developed from a young age a passion for dance and cinema, and she later worked as a dance teacher too. She moved to Rome in 2010 where she attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, the Italian National Film School.
After appearing in one episode of crime series R.I.S. Roma, Serraiocco made her film debut in 2013, starring in (the feature film) Salvo, awarded The Critics' Week Grand Prix during 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Her performance as a blind girl brought up in the suburbs of Palermo got her several awards including the Italian Golden Globe for best actress and the "Guglielmo Biraghi" Nastro d'Argento as best new talent.
In 2014 she was picked by director Liliana Cavani to play the role of Saint Clare of Assisi in the mini series "Francesco".
In 2015, Sara starred in the film Cloro, directed by Lamberto Sanfelice. The film was presented both at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival and at the 65th Berlinale (Generation section). She was nominated best actress at the 2015 Globo d'oro award for this role. During the same year she was chosen by Enrico Pau to play the role of Tecla in the film Accabadora co-starring Donatella Finocchiaro and Barry Ward. Shortly after she was invited to be part of the jury at Independent section of the 2015 Rome Film Fest.
Serraiocco was awarded the "Shooting Star" award as best European talent during the Berlin Film Fest. Meanwhile, she landed the lead role in Marco Danieli's debut feature film La Ragazza del Mondo (aka Worldly Girl), that was presented within the GdA review during the Venice Film Festival. Her performance in this film granted her several recognitions: the "Premio Pasinetti" (the National guild of Film critics' award) as Best Actress and the nomination for Best Actress both in the 2017 edition of Globo d'oro and Nastri d'argento. In addition to this she won the golden Ciak alongside with Michele Riondino as best acting duo of the year.
She landed the female leading role of Nora in Non è un paese per giovani directed by Giovanni Veronesi in 2017 whose subject was inspired by the radio show hosted by Danieli on Radio 2. The film got Serraiocco the nomination as Best Lead Actress in the 2017 Nastri d'Argento.
During the same year she played the main character in Cosimo Gomez's debut film Brutti e Cattivi that was presented in the "Orizzonti"section of the 2017 Venice Film Fest. Serraiocco has been cast as a series regular in the TV series Counterpart directed by Morten Tyldum, where she played the role of Baldwin alongside Academy Award winner J. K. Simmons. Her performance in Counterpart gained her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Autostraddle TV Awards.
Later in 2017, she returned to Italy to shoot Alessandro Capitani's debut film In viaggio con Adele, which was presented at the 2018 Rome Film Festival. Still in that year, she got back to Los Angeles to shoot the second season of Counterpart (aired in January 2019). After that, she was chosen by director Renato De Maria to play the lead female role in his movie "Lo spietato"(2019).
In 2019, she was chosen as a member of the international jury at the Kiev film festival, Molodist 48. In September of the same year she took the role of Marica in Non Odiare, directed by Mauro Mancini. The film was presented at the 2020 Venice Film Festival (Critic's Week). Most recently, she was cast in the leading female role in Lo Sto Bene, directed by Donato Rotunno which was presented at the Rome Film Festival 2020.
In 2021 she landed the role of Emilia in "Il primo giorno della mia vita", directed by Paolo Genovese( post-production). During the same year she got the role of Giulia in "Siccità", directed by Paolo Virzì (production). Later she was cast in "Il signore delle formiche", directed by Gianni Amelio.During the same year she landed the female lead role in "Il ritorno di Casanova", directed by Oscar-winning Grabriele Salvatores.
In 2022 she was chosen as a member of the jury at the the 72nd annual Berlin International Film Festival ( Shooting Stars award).ITALY - Reinout gained widespread recognition with his role in the film DE HEINEKEN ONTVOERING, for which he won a Golden Calf for Best Actor. Reinout appeared in the One Night Stand BOWY IS BINNEN and portrayed Johan Cruijff in the TV series JOHAN, LOGISCH IS ANDERS.
In the theater, Reinout performed in the production of GIJSBRECHT VAN AMSTEL and participated in (IN) KOUD WATER by Oostpool. He was a member of the core ensemble of the National Theatre for several years, featuring in productions such as DE STORM, AS YOU LIKE IT, and GENESIS. Reinout is part of the music theater collective Lars Doberman, known for their successful show DE FAMILIE MANSON.
Reinout took on the lead role in the film BEYOND SLEEP, based on the novel Nooit meer slapen by Willem Frederik Hermans. BEYOND SLEEP served as the opening film at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
In the same year, Reinout was selected for the prestigious European Shooting Stars event organized by European Film Promotion (EFP) during the Berlin International Film Festival. Achieving more international success, Reinout starred in the film CAPRI-REVOLUTION, directed by Mario Martone, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. He later appeared in NOCTURNE, earning nominations for two Golden Calves.
Reinout won the Best Supporting Actor award at the Milan Film Festival for his role in ZEE VAN TIJD, which also opened the Dutch Film Festival in 2022.
In the past year, Reinout featured in the series OXEN, set for international release, and starred in the film BIJT directed by Guido Coppis. In the upcoming year, he will once again take on a lead role in the film ALPHA directed by Jan-Willem van Ewijk.THE NETHERLANDS - Actress
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She began acting in 2002, when film director Manuel Martin Cuenca chose her from 3000 girls to be the lead actress in his film "The Bolshevik's Weakness." One year later, Maria's work impressed both the audience and the Spanish Film Academy, who awarded her with the Goya for Best Newcomer. Since then she has been working in Spain, Italy, UK, US, Mexico, Venezuela...SPAIN- Kacey Mottet Klein was born on 20 October 1998 in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Sister (2012), Home (2008) and Being 17 (2016).SWITZERLAND