Ten outstanding actresses and actors from across Europe take part in EFP European Film Promotion's s profile-raising talent programme during the 76th Berlin International Film Festival.
Awarded as this year’s European Shooting Stars, this talented group will take part in a four-day programme during the Berlinale, featuring networking sessions, industry meetings and press events, including the International Press Day on 15 February. Additional programme highlights are the public show of the European Shooting Stars on 16 February from 13:00 to 15:00 at the Berlinale Hub, hosted by Aminata Belli as well as a memorable red-carpet celebration and the official greeting of the group at the Berlinale Palast. This will be followed by the presentation of the Shooting Stars Awards at the EFP Gala Dinner.
EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS aims to boost the talents’ international visibility, connecting them with key decision-makers and showcasing their potential at a pivotal stage in their careers.
The ten selected European Shooting Stars 2026 are: Fatlume Bunjaku (Albania), Lucas Englander (Austria), Violet Braeckman (Belgium), Salif Cissé (France), Enno Trebs (Germany), Danielle Galligan (Ireland), Tecla Insolia (Italy), Joes Brauers (The Netherlands), Sofia Tjelta Sydness (Norway) and Cleo Diára (Portugal).
Throughout its 29 years, EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS has been an important stepping stone for the selected talents and their international careers – notable winners over the years include: Asta Kamma August (Families Like Ours), Suzy Bemba (Poor Things, Homecoming, A Second Life), Leonie Benesch (The Teachers’ Lounge, Late Shift), Valentina Bellè (My Tennis Maestro, Primavera), Thibaud Dooms (The Entertainment System Is Down, Dust), Clare Dunne (Herself, Small Things Like These, The Education of Jane Cumming), August Diehl (Inglourious Basterds, The Disappearance of Josef Mengele), Matilda de Angelis (Fuori, Citadel: Diana, Across the River and Into the Trees, Atlas, The Undoing), Cécile de France (Colours of Time, Dalloway, Louise), Seidi Haarla (Compartment No. 6, Jeʹvida, Nightborn), Éanna Hardwicke (Saipan), George MacKay (The End, The Beast, Munich – The Edge of War, 1917, & Sons), Joely Mbundu (Young Mothers), Carey Mulligan (Spaceman, Maestro, She Said, The Dig, Promising Young Woman, The Great Gatsby), Benedetta Porcaroli (The Kidnapping of Arabella, Immaculate), Riz Ahmed (The Phoenician Scheme, Relay, Fingernails, Encounter, Sound of Metal), Alba Rohrwacher (Maria, La Chimera, Happy as Lazzaro, Three Goodbyes), Ella Rumpf (Love Letters, Couture), Bill Skarsgård (Boy Kills World, It, It Chapter 2, Dead Man’s Wire), Katharina Stark (Franz, I Am the Greatest), Vic Carmen Sonne (The Girl with the Needle, The Birthday Party), Anamaria Vartolomei (Adam’s Sake, The Empire, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo), Academy Award winner Alicia Vikander (The Wizard of the Kremlin, The Assessment, Raider), Luna Wedler (Silent Friend, Allegro Pastell), and Maisie Williams (The New Look, Game of Thrones).
EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS is made possible thanks to the support of Creative Europe – the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the German Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media, the Berlin International Film Festival, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Hessen Film & Medien, Spotlight, Filmmakers Europe, the International Casting Directors Association (ICDA) and the Casting Society (CSA), as well as the participating national film promotion institutes and film centres from the Shooting Stars’ countries (EFP’s member organisations). With special thanks to German Films, Albanian National Center of Cinematography, AUSTRIAN FILMS, Cinecittà (Italy), Flanders Image (Belgium), ICA - Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual I.P. (Portugal), SEE NL (The Netherlands), Norwegian Film Institute, Screen Ireland and Unifrance. EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS’ main media partner is Variety, with additional media partners Screen International, Cineuropa, THE SPOT media & film, HeyUGuys, Fred Film Radio and Festival Scope.
