The 10 young European actors selected for this year’s Shooting Stars initiative are in town to meet the global film industry.
While young acting talent is spotlighted annually by initiatives such as Bafta’s Rising Star award and Screen International’s Stars of Tomorrow, European Film Promotion’s (Efp) Shooting Stars programme is the most visible celebration of next-generation thespian talent allied to an A-list film festival.
Each year, 10 young European actors are awarded the Shooting Star accolade at the Berlinale, a five-person jury having selected the winners from submissions by the 37 Efp member countries. The recipients travel to Berlin to meet producers, casting directors and other film industry figures, and are feted at a ceremony at the Berlinale Palast, which this year takes place on Monday February 19.
This year’s line-up includes UK Screen Star Of Tomorrow Michaela Coel, Norway’s Thelma star Eili Harboe, Hungary’s Réka Tenki, who appeared in last...
While young acting talent is spotlighted annually by initiatives such as Bafta’s Rising Star award and Screen International’s Stars of Tomorrow, European Film Promotion’s (Efp) Shooting Stars programme is the most visible celebration of next-generation thespian talent allied to an A-list film festival.
Each year, 10 young European actors are awarded the Shooting Star accolade at the Berlinale, a five-person jury having selected the winners from submissions by the 37 Efp member countries. The recipients travel to Berlin to meet producers, casting directors and other film industry figures, and are feted at a ceremony at the Berlinale Palast, which this year takes place on Monday February 19.
This year’s line-up includes UK Screen Star Of Tomorrow Michaela Coel, Norway’s Thelma star Eili Harboe, Hungary’s Réka Tenki, who appeared in last...
- 2/18/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
YouTopia centres a young woman who makes money through videochat stripping shows.
Italian sales company Tvco has announced two additions to its line-up: the long-gestating Gianni Versace biopic that Billie August will direct, and Youtopia.
August was preparing to direct the film about the murdered Italian fashion icon with Antonio Banderas before the star dropped out last year. Oberon Productions and Tvco are producing and casting is underway.
“To me, as an outsider – a non-Italian – Versace seemed to capture everything I admire about Italy,” August said. “Its warmth and colour. Its culture and history. Its drama and gutsy zest for life. That ineffable ‘thing’ that is Italy seemed to be bound up in everything that was the Versace persona. But Versace is also an enigma. And enigmas make the best stories.”
Tvco is also kicking off sales on Youtopia, a drama centered on this year’s Berlinale Shooting Star Matilda De Angelis (Italian Race) that stars Donatella Finocchiaro (The Wedding...
Italian sales company Tvco has announced two additions to its line-up: the long-gestating Gianni Versace biopic that Billie August will direct, and Youtopia.
August was preparing to direct the film about the murdered Italian fashion icon with Antonio Banderas before the star dropped out last year. Oberon Productions and Tvco are producing and casting is underway.
“To me, as an outsider – a non-Italian – Versace seemed to capture everything I admire about Italy,” August said. “Its warmth and colour. Its culture and history. Its drama and gutsy zest for life. That ineffable ‘thing’ that is Italy seemed to be bound up in everything that was the Versace persona. But Versace is also an enigma. And enigmas make the best stories.”
Tvco is also kicking off sales on Youtopia, a drama centered on this year’s Berlinale Shooting Star Matilda De Angelis (Italian Race) that stars Donatella Finocchiaro (The Wedding...
- 2/18/2018
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
Rome -- The unofficial grudge match between Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset and News Corp.'s Italian subsidiary Sky-Italia is getting personal.
The feud revved up after Sky aired a controversial film that Berlusconi allies say showed a "profound" disrespect for the media tycoon-turned-prime minister.
The film in question is "Shooting Silvio," a low-budget 96-minute film from Berardo Carboni that tells the story of a disenfranchised youth who fantasizes about killing Berlusconi. The film, which stirred a similar controversy two years ago when it screened during the Marche du Film, aired Monday on Sky-Italia.
Since then, the Italian media has fanned the flames of controversy. Italy's largest newspaper, Corriere della Sera, quoted a parliamentarian as calling the programming choice "in very bad taste." Another called the choice "a new low" for Italian television. Several newspapers ran columns that discussed the screening.
The film screened as the rivalry between the two broadcasters heats up.
The feud revved up after Sky aired a controversial film that Berlusconi allies say showed a "profound" disrespect for the media tycoon-turned-prime minister.
The film in question is "Shooting Silvio," a low-budget 96-minute film from Berardo Carboni that tells the story of a disenfranchised youth who fantasizes about killing Berlusconi. The film, which stirred a similar controversy two years ago when it screened during the Marche du Film, aired Monday on Sky-Italia.
Since then, the Italian media has fanned the flames of controversy. Italy's largest newspaper, Corriere della Sera, quoted a parliamentarian as calling the programming choice "in very bad taste." Another called the choice "a new low" for Italian television. Several newspapers ran columns that discussed the screening.
The film screened as the rivalry between the two broadcasters heats up.
- 4/15/2009
- by By Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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