European Film Promotion has revealed the 10 emerging actors who will take part in the 27th edition of European Shooting Stars program, which promotes European acting talent. Past Shooting Stars have included Carey Mulligan, Alicia Vikander, Maisie Williams and Riz Ahmed.
From Feb. 16-19, the actors will be presented to the international press and industry, and the German public at the Berlin Film Festival. One of the highlights will be the Shooting Stars Awards Ceremony on Feb. 19 at the Berlinale Palast.
The Shooting Stars for 2024 are Belgium’s Thibaud Dooms, Bulgaria’s Margarita Stoykova, France’s Suzy Bemba, Georgia’s Salome Demuria, Germany’s Katharina Stark, Ireland’s Éanna Hardwicke, Italy’s Valentina Bellè, Lithuania’s Džiugas Grinys, Poland’s Kamila Urzędowska and Sweden’s Asta Kamma August.
The jury that selected the actors comprised of Austrian director, screenwriter and producer Barbara Albert, Lithuanian producer Živilė Gallego, Irish actor Moe Dunford,...
From Feb. 16-19, the actors will be presented to the international press and industry, and the German public at the Berlin Film Festival. One of the highlights will be the Shooting Stars Awards Ceremony on Feb. 19 at the Berlinale Palast.
The Shooting Stars for 2024 are Belgium’s Thibaud Dooms, Bulgaria’s Margarita Stoykova, France’s Suzy Bemba, Georgia’s Salome Demuria, Germany’s Katharina Stark, Ireland’s Éanna Hardwicke, Italy’s Valentina Bellè, Lithuania’s Džiugas Grinys, Poland’s Kamila Urzędowska and Sweden’s Asta Kamma August.
The jury that selected the actors comprised of Austrian director, screenwriter and producer Barbara Albert, Lithuanian producer Živilė Gallego, Irish actor Moe Dunford,...
- 12/14/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
10-strong line-up includes Italian actress Valentina Bellè and Irish actor Éanna Hardwicke.
European Film Promotion (Efp) has revealed the ten young European talents selected for the 27th edition of European Shooting Stars, its initiative to showcase promising on-screen talent from the continent.
Efp has selected seven actresses and three actors who will be presented to international press, industry, and the public during the 2024 Berlin Film Festival.
The line-up includes Italian actress Valentina Bellè who starred in two competition films at Venice this year: Michael Mann’s Ferrari and Lubo by Giorgio Diritti. She also plays the leading role in Disney + series The Good Mother,...
European Film Promotion (Efp) has revealed the ten young European talents selected for the 27th edition of European Shooting Stars, its initiative to showcase promising on-screen talent from the continent.
Efp has selected seven actresses and three actors who will be presented to international press, industry, and the public during the 2024 Berlin Film Festival.
The line-up includes Italian actress Valentina Bellè who starred in two competition films at Venice this year: Michael Mann’s Ferrari and Lubo by Giorgio Diritti. She also plays the leading role in Disney + series The Good Mother,...
- 12/14/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
When the European Film Market kicks off in Berlin on Feb. 16, the three Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will share the stage as the EFM’s joint Countries in Focus. The showcase, which is supported by the Estonian Film Institute, the National Film Center of Latvia and the Lithuanian Film Center, will offer a range of events within the framework of the EFM, along with a selection of market premieres and screenings of Baltic films already making waves on the festival circuit. Twelve up-and-coming Baltic producers will also be presented to the international industry during a happy hour on Feb. 17 in the Gropius Bas.
Here’s a selection of Baltic buzz titles that the region’s top producers will be taking to Berlin:
Last Sentinel
Director: Tanel Toom
Producers: Ben Pullen, Ivo Felt, Jörg Bundschuh, Pippa Cross, Matthew James Wilkinson
Kate Bosworth stars in this sci-fi thriller from...
Here’s a selection of Baltic buzz titles that the region’s top producers will be taking to Berlin:
Last Sentinel
Director: Tanel Toom
Producers: Ben Pullen, Ivo Felt, Jörg Bundschuh, Pippa Cross, Matthew James Wilkinson
Kate Bosworth stars in this sci-fi thriller from...
- 2/17/2023
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Nineteen new projects will be presented at the Baltic Event Co-Production Market in Tallinn this November. Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event will host a wide selection of film-industry events during the Black Nights Film Festival, between 26 and 29 November. The Baltic Event Co-Production Market will showcase 19 projects from the region, and the market’s 18th edition will welcome promising debutants as well as industry heavyweights. The Baltic countries are represented by three debut film projects by filmmakers who have award-winning shorts under their belts. All of them are backed by experienced producers. A Butterfly’s Heart, a children's film by Inesa Kurklietyte, is being produced by Zivile Gallego, of Lithuania’s Fralita Films; Estonian director Ever Anvelt is bringing Reconstruction, produced by Andreas Kask, of Estonia’s Nafta Films; and Guntis Trekteris, of Latvia’s Ego Media, will be introducing the partly autobiographical The Golden Spot by Liene Linde. For the last two years,...
- 10/23/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
At this year’s “Meeting Point Vilnius”, the industry event of the Vilnius Film Festival, now in its 21st edition, We sat down with its head of industry, Rita Stanlytė, and discussed the event, its role in the promotion of Lithuanian films, its focus and plans for the future but also the current state of the Lithuanian film industry.
Tara Karajica: Can you introduce the “Meeting Point Vilnius” industry event and talk about its inception and the reasons behind it?
Rita Stanelytė: Of course! It’s the seventh year of the industry event and it started, I think, from the wish to know more. It was started by our executive director, Algirdas [Ramaška], because he was running the festival and he felt that he needed more information, especially about how to run the festival, how to make it economically wealthier and how to make it successful. So, we started to invite other festival directors from the region and from Central and Eastern Europe, to just share experiences and ask and see what they are doing. For several years, it was just a film festival forum with the focus of sharing experience. But then, we grew and we understood that not only festivals needed to have more experience and learn more, but also that Lithuanian producers and producers from the whole region needed to gain knowledge and experience. So, we expanded and created this bigger industry event, the “Meeting Point Vilnius”, where we have now several sections. One is the conference for producers where we usually concentrate on the final stage of the filmmaking process. Our main goal and main topic will always be film promotion and film marketing, so we invite inspiring speakers to speak about audience building, film marketing, promotion, and everything that needs to be done because we feel that this is what producers from our region lack. And then, another big part – a very prestigious part of the event – is the “Coming Soon” session, where we invite projects – unfinished films in postproduction – to be presented in the session and we invite programmers, sales agents and distributors who are scouting for new talents and new films. And, the third part is the “Film Festival Symposium” which has existed from the very beginning and where we practice the development of film festivals around the region.
Karajica: These are the three main focuses of the event? Are they always the same?
R. S.: We try to keep that focus so that we have something for producers, something for programmers and something for film festivals.
Karajica: What is the position of “Meeting Point Vilnius” among other industry events at other festivals? Where does it stand?
R. S.: Well, our position is, you know, between Berlin and Cannes. So, usually, it is at the end of March and as our focus is the Baltic countries and the Eastern partner countries from the former Soviet Union, our aim is to have films that are aiming at summer festivals, at the summer circuit. And then again, the Vilnius event is very comfortable geographically because it is halfway from the countries of the former Soviet Union and halfway from the Western block. We also have this know-how, you know, Lithuania being ten years in the European Union and a former Soviet Country so it is like a bridge between the East and the West. And, that’s why we think this is the advantage of our industry event.
Karajica: Today is the second day of the event. Are your expectations being met so far and what are the results, according to you?
R. S.: Actually, we have many international guests. We have a hundred industry guests and another hundred festival guests like for instance the representatives of the films in the Competition program and jury members. I can say that the overall interest in “Meeting Point Vilnius” is growing and I count that as the quality of the event because we want to be better. For the second day, what I can say is that I am very happy that the interest comes from the local film industry because it is one of the reasons why we are doing this event, which is for the Lithuanian film industry to grow. The producers can come – they don’t have to go anywhere – they can meet the people that they want, that they need right here in Vilnius… So, this is also one of our main goals and this is why we collaborate with the Lithuanian Film Centre. We therefore have this hub of knowledge and experience that our producers can use.
Karajica: What is the extent of involvement of the Lithuanian Film Centre in the event?
R. S.: We work closely together and we basically collaborate on the event’s content. We discuss with them what we should talk about, what we should present and who we should invite. Because the Lithuanian Film Centre has this close relation with the Polish Film Institute and the entire Lithuanian film industry wants to have closer relations with the Polish film industry, this year at the “Meeting Point Vilnius” event there is a bigger emphasis on the Polish film industry. Yesterday, we had a panel about the coproductions between Lithuania and Poland and we have many Polish films screening at the festival; we have many industry guests and journalists from Poland. So, for example, this is one of the outcomes of the collaboration between the festival and the Lithuanian Film Centre along with the Polish Film Institute.
Karajica: Can you elaborate more on the coproductions between Lithuania and Poland?
R.S.: Poland and Lithuania, although neighboring countries, have not had much of a cooperation in the field of cinema until recent years, when with the initiative that stemmed from the Lithuanian Film Center and the Polish Film Institute enforced closer collaborations. To strengthen the bond between Lithuania and Poland a special focus at this year’s « Meeting Point Vilnius » was put on Poland. Therefore, we had a special panel discussion about what could be done in order to enforce the coproductions between the two countries. During the « Coming Soon » session, three special Polish-Lithuanian coproduction projects were presented: “Crisis” produced by Marta Lewandowska (Pl) and Marija Razgutė (Lt), "Habit and armour” produced by Dorota Rozhkowska (Pl) and Kestutis Drazdauskas (Lt) as well as “The man who new 75 languages” produced by Zivile Gallego. Also, a special guest project from Poland was presented in the « Coming Soon » session, “Wild Roses,” produced by Roman Jarosz.
Karajica: But, there is also a close relationship with the Transilvania International Film Festival, right? Is this another level of collaboration?
R. S.: Yes, this is another level. It is a friendship level because the people from the Transilvania International Film Festival, from Cluj-Napoca, are very good friends of ours. We kind of feel related to them because the festivals are similar in size and stage of development. But, we also have personal relations with the people and we really like them. Our team always goes to the Transilvania International Film Festival in June and they always come to Vilnius in March or April. And, this year we are doing this Vilnius-Transilvania Express party, but it’s for fun. It’s friendship and fun.
Karajica: What is the relationship of “Meeting Point Vilnius” with the industry events of the other Baltic Film Festivals?
R. S.: The thing is that the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has a very strong industry event, but they are in November. In terms of films, they take films that are more for the winter festival circuit and we take films for the summer festival circuit. But, we are not rivals; we work together and we have among our guests the representatives from the festival and its industry event (Industry Days and Baltic Event). They are very strong and they work very well. Their focus is coproductions and we do not focus on coproductions but rather on film promotion.
Karajica: In that sense, can you talk more about the role of “Meeting Point Vilnius” in the promotion of Lithuanian films?
R. S.: Of course! First, we want the Lithuanian films to travel and have an international career – or not necessarily – or just have viewers in Lithuania. So, among the projects of “Coming Soon” that we are selecting, the biggest part is, of course, from Lithuania. This year, for example, we have twenty projects and ten of them are Lithuanian or Lithuanian coproductions. This happens in Lithuania and we want to promote Lithuanian films and this is our biggest goal. And, we really help in every possible way Lithuanian producers to meet international people, producers, programmers… And, we have really good examples of success: three years ago, for The Gambler, the Lithuanian film that premiered in San Sebastián, the programmer of San Sebastián saw the film here during “Meeting Point Vilnius” and it traveled to more than fifty festivals around the world. But, of course, we also want to help other films… For example, last year’s success story was the Latvian film Mellow Mud that also met with their sales agent here and it was shown in the Generation section of this year’s Berlinale.
Karajica: So, it is a big booster of the Lithuanian film industry?
R. S.: I should say yes, because it is the biggest event in the film industry in Lithuania.
Karajica: Can you talk about the current state of the Lithuanian film industry?
R. S.: Well… I would say it is hopeful because we have come out of this stagnation that came after we gained the independence. The old generation of directors was making films their way and the new generation wasn’t growing up. Now, we have, I think, the third or even fourth generation of filmmakers and producers in Lithuania and I really love them; they are very enthusiastic, they work from the heart, they have knowledge, they are eager to learn more, they use new technologies and new ways of financing even – they go and look for it themselves. This is basically for art-house movies but commercial films in Lithuania are also on the rise. So, I think everything is fine in the Lithuanian film industry.
Karajica: And, last but not least, what are your long and short-term plans for the future of Meeting Point Vilnius?
R. S.: Wow! We have a lot of plans! We want “Meeting Point Vilnius” to be one of the established industry events in Europe – in this part of Europe. And, I would like it for every filmmaker that has an unfinished film to be an honor and wish to come to Vilnius, to know that Vilnius is not just saying that it helps filmmakers but that they actually see the real need and value.
Tara Karajica: Can you introduce the “Meeting Point Vilnius” industry event and talk about its inception and the reasons behind it?
Rita Stanelytė: Of course! It’s the seventh year of the industry event and it started, I think, from the wish to know more. It was started by our executive director, Algirdas [Ramaška], because he was running the festival and he felt that he needed more information, especially about how to run the festival, how to make it economically wealthier and how to make it successful. So, we started to invite other festival directors from the region and from Central and Eastern Europe, to just share experiences and ask and see what they are doing. For several years, it was just a film festival forum with the focus of sharing experience. But then, we grew and we understood that not only festivals needed to have more experience and learn more, but also that Lithuanian producers and producers from the whole region needed to gain knowledge and experience. So, we expanded and created this bigger industry event, the “Meeting Point Vilnius”, where we have now several sections. One is the conference for producers where we usually concentrate on the final stage of the filmmaking process. Our main goal and main topic will always be film promotion and film marketing, so we invite inspiring speakers to speak about audience building, film marketing, promotion, and everything that needs to be done because we feel that this is what producers from our region lack. And then, another big part – a very prestigious part of the event – is the “Coming Soon” session, where we invite projects – unfinished films in postproduction – to be presented in the session and we invite programmers, sales agents and distributors who are scouting for new talents and new films. And, the third part is the “Film Festival Symposium” which has existed from the very beginning and where we practice the development of film festivals around the region.
Karajica: These are the three main focuses of the event? Are they always the same?
R. S.: We try to keep that focus so that we have something for producers, something for programmers and something for film festivals.
Karajica: What is the position of “Meeting Point Vilnius” among other industry events at other festivals? Where does it stand?
R. S.: Well, our position is, you know, between Berlin and Cannes. So, usually, it is at the end of March and as our focus is the Baltic countries and the Eastern partner countries from the former Soviet Union, our aim is to have films that are aiming at summer festivals, at the summer circuit. And then again, the Vilnius event is very comfortable geographically because it is halfway from the countries of the former Soviet Union and halfway from the Western block. We also have this know-how, you know, Lithuania being ten years in the European Union and a former Soviet Country so it is like a bridge between the East and the West. And, that’s why we think this is the advantage of our industry event.
Karajica: Today is the second day of the event. Are your expectations being met so far and what are the results, according to you?
R. S.: Actually, we have many international guests. We have a hundred industry guests and another hundred festival guests like for instance the representatives of the films in the Competition program and jury members. I can say that the overall interest in “Meeting Point Vilnius” is growing and I count that as the quality of the event because we want to be better. For the second day, what I can say is that I am very happy that the interest comes from the local film industry because it is one of the reasons why we are doing this event, which is for the Lithuanian film industry to grow. The producers can come – they don’t have to go anywhere – they can meet the people that they want, that they need right here in Vilnius… So, this is also one of our main goals and this is why we collaborate with the Lithuanian Film Centre. We therefore have this hub of knowledge and experience that our producers can use.
Karajica: What is the extent of involvement of the Lithuanian Film Centre in the event?
R. S.: We work closely together and we basically collaborate on the event’s content. We discuss with them what we should talk about, what we should present and who we should invite. Because the Lithuanian Film Centre has this close relation with the Polish Film Institute and the entire Lithuanian film industry wants to have closer relations with the Polish film industry, this year at the “Meeting Point Vilnius” event there is a bigger emphasis on the Polish film industry. Yesterday, we had a panel about the coproductions between Lithuania and Poland and we have many Polish films screening at the festival; we have many industry guests and journalists from Poland. So, for example, this is one of the outcomes of the collaboration between the festival and the Lithuanian Film Centre along with the Polish Film Institute.
Karajica: Can you elaborate more on the coproductions between Lithuania and Poland?
R.S.: Poland and Lithuania, although neighboring countries, have not had much of a cooperation in the field of cinema until recent years, when with the initiative that stemmed from the Lithuanian Film Center and the Polish Film Institute enforced closer collaborations. To strengthen the bond between Lithuania and Poland a special focus at this year’s « Meeting Point Vilnius » was put on Poland. Therefore, we had a special panel discussion about what could be done in order to enforce the coproductions between the two countries. During the « Coming Soon » session, three special Polish-Lithuanian coproduction projects were presented: “Crisis” produced by Marta Lewandowska (Pl) and Marija Razgutė (Lt), "Habit and armour” produced by Dorota Rozhkowska (Pl) and Kestutis Drazdauskas (Lt) as well as “The man who new 75 languages” produced by Zivile Gallego. Also, a special guest project from Poland was presented in the « Coming Soon » session, “Wild Roses,” produced by Roman Jarosz.
Karajica: But, there is also a close relationship with the Transilvania International Film Festival, right? Is this another level of collaboration?
R. S.: Yes, this is another level. It is a friendship level because the people from the Transilvania International Film Festival, from Cluj-Napoca, are very good friends of ours. We kind of feel related to them because the festivals are similar in size and stage of development. But, we also have personal relations with the people and we really like them. Our team always goes to the Transilvania International Film Festival in June and they always come to Vilnius in March or April. And, this year we are doing this Vilnius-Transilvania Express party, but it’s for fun. It’s friendship and fun.
Karajica: What is the relationship of “Meeting Point Vilnius” with the industry events of the other Baltic Film Festivals?
R. S.: The thing is that the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has a very strong industry event, but they are in November. In terms of films, they take films that are more for the winter festival circuit and we take films for the summer festival circuit. But, we are not rivals; we work together and we have among our guests the representatives from the festival and its industry event (Industry Days and Baltic Event). They are very strong and they work very well. Their focus is coproductions and we do not focus on coproductions but rather on film promotion.
Karajica: In that sense, can you talk more about the role of “Meeting Point Vilnius” in the promotion of Lithuanian films?
R. S.: Of course! First, we want the Lithuanian films to travel and have an international career – or not necessarily – or just have viewers in Lithuania. So, among the projects of “Coming Soon” that we are selecting, the biggest part is, of course, from Lithuania. This year, for example, we have twenty projects and ten of them are Lithuanian or Lithuanian coproductions. This happens in Lithuania and we want to promote Lithuanian films and this is our biggest goal. And, we really help in every possible way Lithuanian producers to meet international people, producers, programmers… And, we have really good examples of success: three years ago, for The Gambler, the Lithuanian film that premiered in San Sebastián, the programmer of San Sebastián saw the film here during “Meeting Point Vilnius” and it traveled to more than fifty festivals around the world. But, of course, we also want to help other films… For example, last year’s success story was the Latvian film Mellow Mud that also met with their sales agent here and it was shown in the Generation section of this year’s Berlinale.
Karajica: So, it is a big booster of the Lithuanian film industry?
R. S.: I should say yes, because it is the biggest event in the film industry in Lithuania.
Karajica: Can you talk about the current state of the Lithuanian film industry?
R. S.: Well… I would say it is hopeful because we have come out of this stagnation that came after we gained the independence. The old generation of directors was making films their way and the new generation wasn’t growing up. Now, we have, I think, the third or even fourth generation of filmmakers and producers in Lithuania and I really love them; they are very enthusiastic, they work from the heart, they have knowledge, they are eager to learn more, they use new technologies and new ways of financing even – they go and look for it themselves. This is basically for art-house movies but commercial films in Lithuania are also on the rise. So, I think everything is fine in the Lithuanian film industry.
Karajica: And, last but not least, what are your long and short-term plans for the future of Meeting Point Vilnius?
R. S.: Wow! We have a lot of plans! We want “Meeting Point Vilnius” to be one of the established industry events in Europe – in this part of Europe. And, I would like it for every filmmaker that has an unfinished film to be an honor and wish to come to Vilnius, to know that Vilnius is not just saying that it helps filmmakers but that they actually see the real need and value.
- 4/26/2016
- by Tara Karajica
- Sydney's Buzz
Ida producer Opus Film and distributors Against Gravity and Next Film were among the winners at the 8th Polish Film Institute Awards.
The awards were presented at a gala ceremony last night during the Gdynia Film Festival (Sept 14-29).
Lodz-based Opus Film and the Acme PR agency won the prize for ¨International Promotion of Polish Cinema¨ for its Oscar campaign for Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida, which won Best Foreign-Language Film at the Academy Awards.
Next Film was recognised for its distribution of Jan Komasa’s Warsaw Uprising and Lukasz Palkowski’s Gods, the big winner at last year’s Gdynia Film Festival with admissions topping 2.2 million in Polish cinemas.
Against Gravity received the award for ¨Distribution of a Non-Commercial Foreign Film in Poland¨ for its release of Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Oscar-nominated Leviathan.
In addition, the 41st Film Summer in Insk beat off competition from the 5th American Film Festival in Wroclaw and the 21st Nationwide...
The awards were presented at a gala ceremony last night during the Gdynia Film Festival (Sept 14-29).
Lodz-based Opus Film and the Acme PR agency won the prize for ¨International Promotion of Polish Cinema¨ for its Oscar campaign for Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida, which won Best Foreign-Language Film at the Academy Awards.
Next Film was recognised for its distribution of Jan Komasa’s Warsaw Uprising and Lukasz Palkowski’s Gods, the big winner at last year’s Gdynia Film Festival with admissions topping 2.2 million in Polish cinemas.
Against Gravity received the award for ¨Distribution of a Non-Commercial Foreign Film in Poland¨ for its release of Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Oscar-nominated Leviathan.
In addition, the 41st Film Summer in Insk beat off competition from the 5th American Film Festival in Wroclaw and the 21st Nationwide...
- 9/17/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man, Simon Stone.s The Daughter, Jeremy Sims. Last Cab to Darwin and Jen Peedom.s feature doc Sherpa will have their world premieres at the Sydney Film Festival.
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
- 5/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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