Five industry experts selected by European Film Promotion (EFP) are waiting in the wings to select Europe's most promising up-and-coming acting talents for the 25th edition of European Shooting Stars (11-14 February, 2022) at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival.

The jury consists of the Swedish filmmaker of Georgian descent Levan Akin, known for such films as Certain People and The Circle [+lee también:
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entrevista: Levan Akin
entrevista: Levan Gelbakhiani
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ficha de la película] by Juanita Wilson, Death in Sarajevo [+lee también:
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entrevista: Danis Tanovic
ficha de la película] by Danis Tanovic, which won the Jury Grand Prix and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 66th Berlinale, and most recently Murina [+lee también:
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entrevista: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
entrevista: Gracija Filipovic
ficha de la película] by this year's Camera D'Or winner Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic; the former European Shooting Star Sara Serraiocco from Italy, known for her roles as Baldwin in the US series Counterpart alongside J.K. Simmons, as Nora in No Country for the Young [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Giovanni Veronesi, and as Giulia in Marco Danieli's Wordly Girl [+lee también:
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entrevista: Marco Danieli
ficha de la película] - the role which garnered her the "Premio Pasinetti" of the National Guild of Film Critics as Best Actress, among others. The jury also includes Luxembourgish film producer Bernard Michaux who has produced, inter alia, Collective [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Alexander Nanau, which was nominated in the Best Documentary Feature and Best International Feature Film categories at the 93th Academy Awards, The Restless [+lee también:
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entrevista: Joachim Lafosse
ficha de la película] by Joachim Lafosse as well as the animated film Where Is Anne Frank [+lee también:
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entrevista: Ari Folman
ficha de la película] by Ari Folman, which is currently nominated for the 2021 European Film Awards (European Animated Feature Film). The jury is rounded off by the German-based film scholar and curator Yun-hua Chen whose articles and film reviews in the English, Chinese and German language can be found in the Directory of World Cinema, Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Film International, Cinephilia and several edited volumes.

The jury will select the ten most talented and internationally versatile actresses and actors from the 23 candidates who have been nominated by their national film promotion institutes, EFP’s member organisations. In Berlin, the ten talents, to be announced in mid-January, will take part in a four-day programme of networking as well as industry and press events, culminating in the award ceremony.