Taylor Scheduled To Attend The Hamptons International Film Festival

Written by Kelly

The Hamptons International Film Festival and OK! Magazine will continue the popular Rising Stars Showcase, welcoming three North American actors to highlight their talents and films at the 2008 Festival.   This year the Festival is expanding this program for the first time to officially include three actors from the Shooting Stars program, an initiative of European Film Promotion (EFP), which is supported by the MEDIA Program of the EU. In all, six very talented and exciting young actors will be on hand to help light up the screens and adorn the red carpets at the 2008 Hamptons International Film Festival.  Now in its 7th year, the Rising Stars program was conceived as a means of celebrating the key role actors play in the making of films. Rising Stars has grown into a dynamic and highly anticipated program, which provides a platform for extraordinary up and coming talent "on the rise". The 2008 Hamptons International Film Festival welcomes:   Rising Stars   Jake Abel (Flash of Genius) first appeared in the Disney Channel movie Go Figure.  Television credits include Cold Case, CSI:  Miami, and most recently, Life.  Feature films include Adam Sandler's Strange Wilderness, The Lovely Bones and Tru Loved. Jake comes to the Hamptons International Film Festival with the 2008 A.P. Sloan Award winner, Flash of Genius, which also features Greg Kinnear and Alan Alda.   Kate Mara (Stone of Destiny) first appeared in Sydney Pollack's romantic drama Random Hearts at the age of 14. Mara has proved herself a first-rate actress with star turns in Shooter, We are Marshall and Brokeback Mountain. Most recently she can be seen in Transsiberian alongside Sir Ben Kingsley, Open Road with co-stars Justin Timberlake, Jeff Bridges and Mary Steenburgen and in the 2008 Hamptons International Film Festival selection Stone of Destiny, with Charlie Cox.   Taylor Kitsch (Gospel Hill), best known for the critically acclaimed NBC series Friday Night Lights and his eagerly anticipated X-Men Origins: Wolverine, has also appeared in Snakes on a Plane, The Covenant and John Tucker Must Die. Kitsch comes to the Hamptons International Film Festival with Gospel Hill also starring Julia Stiles, Samuel L. Jackson and Danny Glover, directed by Giancarlo Esposito.     Shooting Stars    Hannah Herzsprung (Werther) made her feature film acting debut in the 2007 Hamptons International Film Festival Audience Award winner Four Minutes (Vier Minuten) directed by Chris Kraus. Herzsprung earned the 2007 Bavarian Film Award for "Best Young Actress" for her role in Four Minutes, as well as the Bunte readership's "New Faces Award".   Anamaria Marinca (Boogie) first came to public attention in 2005 when she won the "Best Actress" BAFTA for her performance in the British Channel 4 TV mini-series Sex Traffic by David Yates. Anamaria appeared in Cristian Mungiu's Palme d'Or-winning drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days, which was her feature film acting debut. Her performance earned her a "Best Actress" nomination during the 20th European Film Awards in Berlin and the "Best Actress" prize at the Stockholm International Film Festival.  She can also be seen in The Aviatrix directed by Ineke Smits and Hans Christian Schmid's Storm.   Maryam Hassouni (Dunya & Desie) starred in the award winning original series Dunya & Desie. In 2005, Maryam received and Emmy Award for "Best Actress" in Sacrifices.  Other works include Shouf Shouf! and Albert ter Heerdt's Kicks.  Maryam reprises her role as Dunya in Dana Nechushtan's theatrical film Dunya & Desie which will have its premiere at the 2008 Hamptons International Film Festival and which is this year's Oscar submission from Holland. The 16th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival will be held October 15 through October 19, 2008. For more information, click here!

 

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