The European Film Promotion (EFP)'s European Shooting Stars programme – now in its 22nd year – will present ten of the best up-and-coming acting talents from Europe who have been deemed ready to step out into the international film scene by a jury of industry experts (see the news).

The selection includes Denmark's Elliott Crosset Hove (whose breakthrough role in Winter Brothers [+lee también:
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The event, set to take place between 8 and 11 February 2019, during the 69th Berlin International Film Festival, will introduce the five actresses and five actors to the film industry, public and international press, helping them to get in touch with casting directors, producers and filmmakers through one-on-one meetings, and an awards ceremony at the Berlinale Palast, where each actor will be honoured with the ESS Award donated by Leysen1855.

For the record, since the first edition of the initiative, backed by Creative Europe - MEDIA, took place in 1998, a total of 303 European Shooting Stars have been selected, including names such as Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts, Domhnall Gleeson, Alexander Fehling, Ruth Negga and Pilou Asbæk, to name a few.