Following on from the European Film Promotion announcing their pick of the top 10 European Shooting Stars for 2020, they have launched a trailer to showcase the work of the talented nominees.

The 23rd edition of EFP’s talent promotion programme will present ten of the best up-and-coming young actresses and actors from Europe from the 21 – 24 February 2020 to the film industry, public and international press during the 70th Berlin International Film Festival which will be held between the 20 February – 1 March 2020.

The oldest and most efficient Europe-wide initiative to cast a spotlight on the most talented, up-and-coming actresses and actors since its 1998 inception the initiative has given a spotlight to a few names who have gone on to become household names. These include  Carey Mulligan (Mudbound), Alba Rohrwacher (Happy as Lazzaro), Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider), Pilou Asbaek (Game of Thrones), Riz Ahmed (The Sisters Brothers), Marwan Kenzari (Instinct) and George MacKay (1917).

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This years lucky 10 from a number of different European countries.

Martina Apostolova (Bulgaria)

Pääru Oja (Estonia)

Victoria Carmen Sonne (Denmark)

Zita Hanrot (France)

Levan Gelbakhiani (Georgia)

Jonas Dassler (Germany)

Bilal Wahib (The Netherlands)

Bartosz Bielenia (Poland)

Joana Ribeiro (Portugal)

Ella Rumpf (Switzerland)

We’ll be in Berlin for our regular interviews with the new cohort, so watch out for those in due course.