The Intl. Casting Directors Network (Icdn) and the Sarajevo Film Festival are joining forces to turn the popular Bosnian film fest into a springboard for regional actors looking to launch international careers.
After kicking off with a pilot version last year, the initiative expanded to include a series of masterclasses with leading casting directors and a range of programs intended to boost exposure for the emerging talents. The Icdn’s Timka Grin says the platform will not only build a bridge between foreign casting directors and new talent from the region, but offer valuable skills for actors not used to the Western method of casting.
“Casting here does not have decades of tradition. It is something that is quite new,” says Grin. “If there is a certain technique to present yourself, to audition—actors here don’t know it well, and it’s really useful to have a casting director...
After kicking off with a pilot version last year, the initiative expanded to include a series of masterclasses with leading casting directors and a range of programs intended to boost exposure for the emerging talents. The Icdn’s Timka Grin says the platform will not only build a bridge between foreign casting directors and new talent from the region, but offer valuable skills for actors not used to the Western method of casting.
“Casting here does not have decades of tradition. It is something that is quite new,” says Grin. “If there is a certain technique to present yourself, to audition—actors here don’t know it well, and it’s really useful to have a casting director...
- 8/19/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
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The first feature from Slovenian Director, Rok Bicek is a powerful meditation on grief, tolerance and victimisation. Set in a very liberally-minded secondary school, Class Enemy follows the brief career of Robert Zupon as a substitute, a German teacher acting as maternity cover for Nusa (Masa Derganc), a well-loved mother figure for her adoring but troubled class.
Arriving at the school Mr Zupon (Igor Samobar) is warned of a tragedy one of his form group has recently experienced; something has happened to Luka (Voranc Boh) but he's chosen to return early to class, despite mention of intervention by the school psychologist. Exactly what has occurred remains a mystery to viewers until one of Zupon's students commits suicide.
Initial assessments by Zupon of his new class view them as “excitable,...
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The first feature from Slovenian Director, Rok Bicek is a powerful meditation on grief, tolerance and victimisation. Set in a very liberally-minded secondary school, Class Enemy follows the brief career of Robert Zupon as a substitute, a German teacher acting as maternity cover for Nusa (Masa Derganc), a well-loved mother figure for her adoring but troubled class.
Arriving at the school Mr Zupon (Igor Samobar) is warned of a tragedy one of his form group has recently experienced; something has happened to Luka (Voranc Boh) but he's chosen to return early to class, despite mention of intervention by the school psychologist. Exactly what has occurred remains a mystery to viewers until one of Zupon's students commits suicide.
Initial assessments by Zupon of his new class view them as “excitable,...
- 5/7/2014
- Shadowlocked
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