The young acting talents Joachim Fjelstrup from Denmark, Emmi Parviainen from Finland and Hera Hilman (pictured) from Iceland are among ten European Shooting Stars set to be under the spotlights at the 2015 Berlinale.
Joachim Fjelstrup (27) graduated from The Danish National School of Performing Arts in 2013. He had his breakthrough in Ole Christian Madsen's Itsi Bitsi (Steppeulven) in which he plays Eik Skaløe, the founder of ‘Steppeulvene’, one of the biggest Danish rock bands in the 1960s. Fjelstrup sang and performed live for the film.
Hera Hilmar (29) has alternated roles in the English and Icelandic language over the last 7-8 years. She had one of the main roles in Gudný Halldórsdóttir's The Quiet Storm (2007) and appeared in Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina (2012) and the TV series Da Vinci’s Demons (2013-2014) in which she played Leonardo Da Vinci’s model and lover. She starred in this year’s Icelandic Oscar entry Life in a Fishbowl and is currently on UK screens alongside Jim Broadbent in the Christmas comedy Get Santa.
Emmi Parviainen (29) played in several Finnish TV series (including Secret Lives) before turning to feature film. Her first major role was in Jan Forsström’s The Princess of Egypt (2013). She also appears in Taru Mäkelä’s film Eila, Rampe and The Baby Girl that premieres on December 26 in Finland.
The European Film Promotion’s annual Shooting Stars showcase is an important promotional platform for European rising stars. On February 9, 2015 this year’s ten promising European actors and actresses will be handed out an individual award celebrating their achievement as part of a red carpet ceremony at the Berlinale Palast.