Victoria Carmen Sonne is Shooting Star in Berlin

BERLIN 2020. Victoria Carmen Sonne, known for her roles in 'Holiday', 'Psychosia' and 'Winter Brothers', is selected as one of ten European Shooting Stars, a platform for promoting young actors during the Berlinale.

9. January 2020 Danish Film Institute

Victoria Carmen Sonne is one of ten young European actors selected for this year's Shooting Stars in Berlin. Photo: Marc Fluri

European Film Promotion has announced this year's Shooting Stars, representing the finest of emerging European actors at the Berlinale this February. Selected from Denmark is Victoria Carmen Sonne for her awardwinning turn in Isabella Eklöf's Sundance-selected 'Holiday' and Marie Grahtø's 'Psychosia', amongst other films.

This year, Victoria Carmen Sonne stars in Daniel Dencik's 'Miss Osaka'. Last year, she featured in Laurits Flensted-Jensen's 'Neon Heart', selected for San Sebastian, and Marie Grahtø's 'Psychosia', selected for Venice's Critics' Week. She received a Danish Bodil Award for her performances in 'Holiday' and 'In the Blood' while also scoring a Danish Robert Award for her role in Hlynur Palmason's 'Winter Brothers'.

The jury motivation reads:

"Beauty is a phenomenon of baffling complexity. It resonates with mystery. It combines the allure of seeming naivety with formidable strength and resilience. Beauty is fragile, endangered and prone to be taken advantage of . Yet it counters and transforms these challenges with grace, innocence and undaunted levity. This is what we witness in the acting of Victoria Carmen Sonne. With this she gives life to movies and movies give life to her."

Shooting Stars

Each year during the Berlinale, the European Film Promotion (EFP) presents ten young acting talents to the film industry, public and international press.

The four-day event culminates in the awards ceremony at the Berlinale Palast where each talent will be presented with the European Shooting Stars Award.

For the 2020 edition, a total of 28 countries have each nominated one actor after which a jury selected the final ten.

EFP is a network of European promotion agencies representing their national films and talents.

The Shooting Stars platform is supported by the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union and the respective EFP member organisations.

Previous Danish Shooting Stars

2019 Elliott Crosset Hove ('Winter Brothers')
2017 Esben Smed ('A Fortunate Man')
2015 Joachim Fjelstrup ('Itsi Bitsi')
2014 Danica Curcic ('Silent Heart')
2013 Mikkel Boe Følsgaard ('A Royal Affair')
2011 Pilou Asbæk ('Game of Thrones')

Vic Carmen Sonne

Actor. Born 23/4 1994. Graduated from The Danish National School of Performing Arts in 2016.

Miss Osaka

Daniel Dencik, 2021

Who would you be if you could be anyone? Young Ines is offered an unexpected chance to find out – and she grabs it. During a trip to Northern Norway with her boyfriend, Ines accidentally meets the seductive Japanese Maria. A meeting that ends deadly in the harsh wasteland, but becomes a new beginning for Ines, who soon finds herself under a new name in a remote and foreign city: Osaka.

Holiday

Isabella Eklöf, 2018

A love triangle featuring the trophy girlfriend of a petty drug lord caught up in a web of luxury and violence in a modern dark gangster tale set in the beautiful port city of Bodrum on the Turkish Riviera.

Psychosia

Marie Grahtø, 2019

Viktoria is an odd and extremely self-disciplined researcher in the field of suicide. She is invited to a psych ward to treat the suicidal patient Jenny. Through intimate nocturnal conversations, they form a tight bond.

Neon Heart

Laurits Flensted-Jensen, 2019

Laura returns home to Denmark after a short-lived porn career in the US. Despite the videos of her that remain online, she tries to put the pieces of a normal existence back together. Niklas, Laura's ex, is a recovering addict who finds meaning in his new job taking care of two men with Down Syndrome.

Winter Brothers

Hlynur Pálmason, 2017

A brother odyssey set in a worker environment during a cold winter. We follow two brothers, their routines, habits, rituals and a violent feud that erupts between them and another family. The film is a lack-of-love story, focusing on the younger brother Emil and his need to be loved and desired.

In the Blood

Rasmus Heisterberg, 2016

It’s summer in Copenhagen. A time of endless days and carefree nights. Simon goes to medical school with his best friend Knud and they share an apartment with Søren and Esben, the last two friends in the group.

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