This year's Shooting Stars were selected by an international jury consisting of Danish actress Danica Ćurčić, Bosnian film director and Oscar winner Danis Tanović, British-Sudanese critic and author Leila Latif, Belgian producer Jacques-Henri Bronckart, and Portuguese casting director Jo Monteiro.

The European Shooting Stars 2026 are:Fatlume Bunjaku (Albania), Lucas Englander (Austria), Violet Braeckman (Belgium), Salif Cissé (France), Enno Trebs (Germany), Danielle Galligan (Ireland), Tecla Marianna Insolia (Italy), Joes Brauers (The Netherlands), Sofia Tjelta Sydness (Norway) and Cleo Diára (Portugal).

“This is a truly remarkable group of talents, selected by our jury from an exceptionally strong field of nominees,” says Tina Hajon, the programme director of EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS. “They represent some of the most exciting new voices Europe has to offer. We are deeply grateful to the jury for their dedication and for recognising the potential of these actors at such a crucial moment in their artistic journey. EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS remains an essential platform for highlighting the diversity of European storytelling, while giving emerging talents the international visibility they need to grow and flourish on a global stage.”

German actor Enno Trebs began his career with a remarkable debut in Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or–winning THE WHITE RIBBON (2009). He has since developed into one of Germany’s most intriguing young performers, frequently collaborating with Christian Petzold in UNDINE (2020), AFIRE (2023) and MIROIRS NO. 3 (2025). He now takes on a leading role in Nicolas Ehret’s ECHO OF TOMORROW’S WAR (2026).
The jury observes an “intense, precise actor who combines a youthful energy with a distinct maturity,” noting in his latest performance “six levels of emotion that he is playing all at once. His balancing of kindness and brutality is astonishing, you believe in both.”

As part of the prestigious initiative, supported by Creative Europe’s MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the ten winners will be presented to the film industry, the international press and the public during the 76th Berlin International Film Festival, running from the February 12-22, 2026.

Previous German EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS have included Devrim Lingnau (2025), Katharina Stark (2024), Leonie Benesch (2023), Emilio Sakraya (2022), Albrecht Schuch (2021), Jonas Dassler (2020), Emma Drogunova (2019), Franz Rogowski (2018), Louis Hofmann (2017), Jella Haase (2016) und Jannis Niewöhner (2015).

EFP EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS is made possible thanks to the support of Creative Europe – the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, new main partner Allwyn, the leading multi-national lottery-led entertainment company, the German Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media, the Berlin International Film Festival, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Hessen Film & Medien, Spotlight, Filmmakers and Armani Beauty. As well as the participating national film promotion institutes and film centres from the Shooting Stars’ countries (EFP’s member organisations): German Films, Albanian National Center of Cinematography, Austrian Films, Cinecittà (Italy), Flanders Image (Belgium), ICA - Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual I.P. (Portugal), SEE NL (The Netherlands), Norwegian Film Institute, Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann and Unifrance. EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS’ main media partner is Variety, with additional media partners: Screen International, Cineuropa, THE SPOT media & film, HeyUGuys and Festival Scope.

German Films is a founding member of EFP (European Film Promotion) which is organising the EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS selection and presentation for the 29th time this year.