Swiss Shooting Star Celine Bolomey in Vilnius
22.10.2009
The European Film Promotion (EFP) will present three Shooting Stars at the 5th European Film Forum Scanorama in Vilnius, Lithuania. From November 5-7, 2009, Europe’s young acting talent will feature their latest films in the European Capital of Culture: Danish actor Cyron Melville in “Love and Rage”; Hungarian actress Orsi Tóth starring in “Egyetleneim” (My One and Onlies); and Swiss actress Celine Bolomey, who portrays the emotionally torn journalist in “Du bruit dans la tête” by Vincent Pluss.
Swiss talent
Celine Bolomey – honoured with the Swiss Film Prize “Quartz 2009” for Best Actress – appeared the first time before the film camera in “Le voyage de Noémie” by Michel Rodde. Following her acting studies at the National Film and Theater Institue (I.N.S.A.S.) in Brussels, she performed on European theatre stages for many years until Swiss film director Vincent Pluss discovered her and featured her in the leading role in “On dirait le Sud” (Swiss Film Prize 2003) and again in “Du bruit dans la tête”. Bolomey lives in Paris and Geneva.
Europe‘s New Acting Talents
For the past 12 years young European acting talent has been introduced to international professionals in the film industry at the International Film Festival in Berlin and placed in the limelight at the Berlinale. The Shooting Stars are selected from a diverse number of talented young actors who were nominated by the European member countries. EFP is a pan-European film promotion and export organisation, located in Hamburg and supported by EU’s MEDIA Programme. It was founded in Berlin in 1997 – SWISS FILMS is one of the founding members – and has since taken numerous opportunities to organise high-profile events for European films, one of which is its unique Shooting Star event in Berlin, followed by the tour of Shooting Stars.
Swiss Shooting Stars
Former Swiss Shooting Stars were: 2008 Joel Basman (“Luftbusiness”), 2007 Nils Althaus (“Breakout”), 2006 Carlos Leal (“Snow White”), 2005 Johanna Bantzer (“Strähl”), 2004 Michael Koch (“Achtung, fertig, Charlie!”), 2003 Mona Petri (née Fueter / “Füür oder Flamme”), 2002 Michael Finger (“Utopia Blues”), 2001 Anne-Shlomit Deonna (“Potlatch”), 2000 Martin Rapold (“Exklusiv”) and 1999 Soraya Gomaa (“Vollmond”).
Zurich, October 22. 2009