The EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS 2022 – selected among outstanding up-and-coming talent from across Europe – have arrived in Berlin today to start their hybrid tailor-made schedules of profile-raising events, including industry panels and meetings with casting directors and the international press.

Presented during the Berlin International Film Festival, the 25th edition of EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS culminates with the Awards Ceremony on Monday 14 February, providing the actresses and actors with their red-carpet Berlinale moment.  

Throughout its 25 years, EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS has been an important stepping-stone for an actor’s international career – notable Shooting Stars of recent years include: Matilda de Angelis (Atlas, The Undoing), Carey Mulligan (The Dig, Promising Young Woman,The Great Gatsby), Alba Rohrwacher (Happy as Lazzaro), Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander (Beckett, Tomb Raider), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones), Riz Ahmed (Encounter, Sound of Metal, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Mogul Mowgli), George MacKay (Munich – The Edge of War, 1917), and Jannis Niewöhner (Kids Run, Je suis Karl).  

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, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Spotlight and L’Oréal, as well as the participating national film promotion institutes from the Shooting Stars‘ countries, EFP’s member organisations – with a special thanks to German Films: Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Danish Film Institute, German Films, Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual I.P. / ICA (Portugal), Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann, SEE NL (The Netherlands), Slovenian Film Centre, Swedish Film Institute, SWISS FILMS and UniFrance. Main media partner is Variety, with additional media partners: Screen International, Cineuropa, Blickpunkt:Film, HeyUGuys,  Festival Scope and ekran.