Ten Europeans for Shooting Stars at Berlin Fest

Ten Europeans for Shooting Stars at Berlin Fest

MUMBAI: Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson (True Grit), Germany‘s Alexander Fehling (Goethe), Pilou Asb?k (R) of Denmark and English actress Andrea Riseborough (Brighton Rock) are among the 10 young actors picked to be Europe‘s Shooting Stars at the Berlin International Film Festival next year.

Others tipped to be the next big thing are Spain‘s Clara Lago (Bunker), Nik Xhelilaj (the Albanian in The Albanian), Croatian actress Marija Skaricic (Mother of Asphalt), Sylvia Hoeks, star of Dutch Oscar-contender Tirza, Swedish actress Alicia Vikander (Pure) and Macedonia‘s Natasha Petrovic (As If I Am Not There).

The ten some actors would be for producers and agents to be picked for their films at the 2011 Berlin Film Festival that runs from 10 to 20 February next year.

Earlier the event has been an international launch pad for European acting talents like Carey Mulligan, David Kross and Mélanie Laurent.