European Film Promotion , which gives a boost to films and talent from Europe, has revealed the jury for the 28th edition of European Shooting Stars, which showcases actors from the continent. The jury is comprised of five film professionals who will select 10 actors. They will then take part in a program at the Berlin Film Festival , which runs Feb.
13 – 23. The jury will select the actors from candidates who have been nominated by their national film promotion institutes and film centers. The jury includes former European Shooting Star Ludivine Sagnier , an actor best known 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 appear in Ozon’s latest film, “Quand vient l’automne” (2024). Sagnier has also worked with directors such as P.J.
Hogan, Lee Tamahori, Paolo Sorrentino, Hirokazu Koreeda and Ridley Scott. Also on the jury is Romanian filmmaker 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 producer Amel Soudani, founder of the production company AMKA Films Productions. Her most recent productions include “La Chimera” by Alice Rohrwacher and the documentary “L’Afriques les Femmes” by Mohammed Soudani.
