NEWS – into the SPOTLIGHT #191
67th BERLINALE NEWS SPECIAL
DAS IMPERIUM is proud to announce, that several of our talents are starring in films selected for various BERLINALE sections.
ARLY JOVER, MILTON WELSH and JAMES FLYNN star in the great Czech/Slovakian production MASARYK, directed by Julius Sevcík. The film just recieved a nomination for the CZECH LION AWARDS 2017 (ARLY for Best Supporting Actress) in Prague and will now be presented at the 67th BERLINALE within the section BERLINALE SPECIAL for its world premiere on February, 17th. info..
And more great news for our talents mentioned above:
The German feature film AXOLOTL OVERKILL, directed by Helene Hegemann, in which ARLY JOVER also played an important supporting role, received a fantastic review by the critics at this year’s SUNDANCE FESTIVAL, where the movie had its world premiere (info…).
MILTON WELSH leads in the new international TVC spot for the territory of usa for JÄGERMEISTER alongside DAS IMPERIUM talents LEANDRO TAUB, SVANDIS DORA EINARSDOTTIR, ELIZABETH EHRLICH & G.G. FANTASIO SPELSBERG.
Pls check their profiles, pictures and the trailers below!
MASARYK (2016), directed by Julius Sevcík (HD teaser)
ARLY JOVER in AXOLOTL OVERKILL (2017), directed by Helene Hegemann (production picture)
MILTON WELSH
MEHDI NEBBOU stars in the Swiss/Austrian/Polish co-production TIERE/ANIMALS (2017), directed by Greg Zglinski. The movie was selected for the BERLINALE FORUM section, in which avantgarde and more experimental film projects are presented, and will have its world premiere at the 67th BERLINALE on February, 13th. info…
Recently German ARTE MAGAZIN published an interesting portrait of MEHDI, which addresses questions about playing and overcoming stereotypical characters. The online version of this article will be availabe on Feb, 6th (link…).
MEHDI NEBBOU im ARTE Magazin (Ausgabe 2.2017)
LEONARDO NIGRO will be appear on screen at the 67th BERLINALE, starring in ZWISCHEN DEN JAHREN/END OF THE SEASON (2017), directed by Lars Henning. The German feature film will be presented in the section PERSPEKTIVE DEUTSCHES KINO and will have its world premiere on February, 14th. info…
Also LEONARDO NIGRO & SIMONETTA SOLDER star together in the next episode of SOKO KÖLN with the title ARRIVEDERCI BRUNO, which will be aired on February, 7th on ZDF network at 6:00pm CET. info…
LEONARDO NIGRO in ZWISCHEN DEN JAHREN/END OF THE SEASON (2017), directed by Lars Henning (trailer)
SIMONETTA SOLDER
OLEG TIKHOMIROV plays a supporting character (alongside MORITZ BLEIBTREU) in the German/Luxemburgish/Belgian co-production ES WAR EINMAL IN DEUTSCHLAND/BYE BYE GERMANY, directed by Sam Garbarski (2017).
The movie will premier at the 67th BERLINALE FILM FESTIVAL on February, 10th within the section BERLINALE SPECIAL. info…
Pls check Oleg’s profile, the trailer and production set picture below!
ES WAR EINMAL IN DEUSCHLAND/BYE BYE GERMANY (2017), directed by Sam Garbarski (trailer)
OLEG in ES WAR EINMAL IN DEUSCHLAND/BYE BYE GERMANY
(production set picture of Oleg in an uncanny German uniform)
VICTOIRE LALY and OLIVIA KUNDISCH star together in the German production of THE MISANDRISTS (2017), directed by controversial great Canadian director Bruce LaBruce, which will be presented in the section BERLINALE PANORAMA at the 67th BERLINALE. Its world premiere will take place on February, 13th info….
Pls check their profiles (1st Victoire, 2nd Olivia Kundisch), the trailer and the production set picture below!
VICTOIRE LALY & OLIVIA KUNDISCH in THE MISANDRISTS, directed by Bruce LaBruce (2017) (trailer and prod. set picture)
BERLINALE SHOOTING STARS
ELINA VASKA & MARUSA MAJER will be presented with the EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS Award at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival 2017.
Both actresses are newly represented dy DAS IMPERIUM TALENT AGENCY.
Pls check their profiles below!
ELINA VASKA was a spontaneous discovery with almost no acting experience, who then like a force of nature, made her marvelous breakthrough with playing lead in her debut MELLOW MUD, directed by Renars Vimba (2016).
Elina is native Latvian and speaks English fluently.
ELINA VASKA in MELLOW MUD, directed by Renars Vimba (2015)
MARUSA MAJER is an actress from Slovenia, where she has worked for cinema and theatre. In 2013, she received the Best Actress Award at the International Festival of Children’s Theatres in Serbia’s Subotica for her performance in Mini Teater’s production of LITTLE SLEEPY STAR. Maruša played the female lead roles in AVTOŠOLA/DRIVING SCHOOL (2014) and IVAN (2017) both directed by Janez Burger. She also appeared in Darko Sinko’s short film SOŠOLKI/SCHOOLMATES (2015).
Maruša is native Slovenian and speaks English fluently.
MARUSA MAJER SHOWREEL, 2017
MARUSA MAJER in DRIVING SCHOOL, directed by Janez Burger 2014
BERLINALE TALENTS – DAS IMPERIUM PARTICIPANTS!!!
MEHDI MESKAR, ALEX POTOCEAN & AISTE DIRZIUTE will be participants of the Summit programme of the BERLINALE TALENTS 2017. info…
Pls check their profiles below!
AND MORE NEWS BECAUSE FILM BIZZ IS NOT ONLY BERLINALE…
ICELANDIC EDDA FILM AWARDS!!!
SVANDIS DORA EINARSDOTTIR received a nomination as Best Suporting Actress at the ISLANDIC EDDA AWARDS 2017 for her performance in the Islandic comedy FYRIR FRAMAN ANNAD FÓLK/IN FRONT OF OTHERS, directed by Óskar Jónasson (2016). info…
Pls check her profile and the movie trailer! 
SVANDIS DORA EINARSDOTTIR in FYRIR FRAMAN ANNAD FÓLK/IN FRONT OF OTHERS, directed by Óskar Jónasson 2016 (trailer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJceaFUOUGM&feature=youtu.be&crmailing=11051998&crcustomer=31547&crlink=25826206
MARK KLEUSKENS is now represented by DAS IMPERIUM…
MARK KLEUSKENS, used to be a well-known DJ in the 80’s in Holland, Germany, Spain and Ibiza and in the 90’s he was the singer of the Dutch hardrock band ‘Sudden Death’.
In 1994 Mark made his debut in a Dutch TV-series called COVERSTORY , in which he played the role of a crime scene investigator for two years.
Ever since Mark appeared in more than 130 film- and TV-productions in Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Spain, he shot for TV series such as MOORDVROUW (2016) (the series aired on January 17th, 2017 in Netherlands), A´DAM – E.V.A. (2014), FLIKKEN MAASTRICHT (2012) and at least in VECHTERSHART, directed by Lourens Blok and KLEM, two Dutch TV-series, which will have their release in 2017.
He worked together with inspiring directors such as Theu Boermans, Jean van de Velde, Paul Verhoeven and Michael Apted.
