{"id":1112,"date":"2017-09-29T23:40:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T20:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/?p=1112\/"},"modified":"2017-10-01T19:35:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T16:35:30","slug":"renowned-casting-directors-come-bucharest-second-edition-managing-talents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/renowned-casting-directors-come-bucharest-second-edition-managing-talents\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned casting directors come to Bucharest for the second edition of Managing Talents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong>Les films de Cannes <\/strong><strong>\u00e0<\/strong><strong> Bucarest<\/strong> is organizing the second edition of the <strong><em>Managing Talents<\/em><\/strong> event on <strong>October<\/strong> <strong>21st, at 11:00, at Cinema Pro<\/strong>, continuing on the festival\u2019s path to support beginner or established actors, regardless of age, in their professional development. The objective of the meeting is to get as many Romanian actors as possible in contact with renowned casting directors from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, casting directors and agents like Ilene Feldman or Avy Kaufman, who managed the careers of celebrities like Ryan Gosling, Colin Farrell, Terrence Malick, Angelina Jolie, Ang Lee, Robert Redford and Steven Spielberg, talked with actors and directors from Romania about the professionals who put them in the spotlight \u2013 the manager, the agent or the casting director. This year, <strong>Managing Talents<\/strong> brings to Bucharest some of the most active casting directors of the moment: <a href=\"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/en\/frank-moiselle\/\"><strong>Frank Moiselle<\/strong><\/a> (Ireland), <a href=\"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/en\/vicki-thomson\/\"><strong>Vicki Thomson<\/strong><\/a> (United Kingdom), <a href=\"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/nathalie-cheron\/\"><strong>Nathalie Cheron<\/strong><\/a> (France), <a href=\"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/en\/elizaveta-shmakova\/\"><strong>Elizaveta Shmakova<\/strong><\/a> (Russia), <a href=\"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/en\/victor-jenkins\/\"><strong>Victor Jenkins<\/strong><\/a> (United Kingdom) and <a href=\"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/en\/richard-cook\/\"><strong>Richard Cook<\/strong><\/a> (Ireland).<\/p>\n<p>The workshop of October 21<sup>st<\/sup> 2017 is open both to established actors, regardless of age, and to those making their debut.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The application form<\/strong>, the conditions of participation and more details are available on the site filmedefestival.ro by accessing this <a href=\"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/en\/\">link<\/a>. The number of participants is limited \u2013 250 seats, and the participation fee is RON 100.<\/p>\n<p>Interested actors are invited to make a <strong>video recording<\/strong> (<em>self-tape<\/em>) in English, French or Russian (of the text proposed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/evenimente\/managing-talents\/\">event page<\/a>) and to create <strong>online access links<\/strong> to this <em>self-tape<\/em> and to their file from the data base of the casting agency there are registered with \u2013 the file must contain recently taken pictures. They can opt to provide in the application online access links to a presentation video (<em>reel<\/em>), as well as to film sequences wherein they played.<\/p>\n<p>The application period is<strong> September 27<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 October 8<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong>. All participants enrolled in the workshop will be automatically registered in the database of the casting directors invited to Bucharest.<\/p>\n<p>The casting directors and organizers will watch the <em>self-tapes<\/em> of those enrolled in the workshop and, on this basis, the casting directors will select a number of approximately 30 actors that will have the chance to personal meetings with them on the days of Friday October 20<sup>th<\/sup> and, respectively, Sunday October22<sup>nd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The workshop structure:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>11:00 \u2013 11:45: <strong><em>Actors for Actors<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 a dialogue between invited participants and actors about the opportunities, specificities and conditions of actors internationally.<\/li>\n<li>11:45 \u2013 12:30: <strong><em>What we expect from you<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 what directors expect from actors after meeting at casting.<\/li>\n<li>12:30 \u2013 13:15: <strong><em>Listening to casting directors<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 experienced casting directors speak about self tapes, tactics, opportunities and preparation for international castings.<\/li>\n<li>13:15: networking cocktail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Invited casting directors<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated three times for Primetime Emmy awards, <a href=\"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/en\/frank-moiselle\/\"><strong>Frank Moiselle<\/strong><\/a> collaborated with renowned directors such as Jim Sheridan, Joel Schumacher, Gillies MacKinnon and Neil Jordan, and he worked for numerous TV series, among which are <em>Ballykissangel<\/em>, <em>The<\/em> <em>Tudors<\/em>, <em>The Borgias<\/em> and <em>Vikings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>From the United Kingdom, there will be <a href=\"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/en\/vicki-thomson\/\"><strong>Vicki Thomson<\/strong><\/a>, who\u2019s worked for several, multi-award-winning TV productions, including <em>Broadchurch<\/em>, <em>Humans<\/em>, <em>Grantchester<\/em>, <em>Brief Encounters<\/em>, <em>The Last Kingdom<\/em>, and <em>Episodes<\/em>, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/en\/victor-jenkins\/\"><strong>Victor Jenkins<\/strong> <\/a>(Victor Jenkins Casting Ltd.) for the epic productions <em>Troy<\/em> and <em>Alexander<\/em>, and nominated for the Artios Awards along with Kelly Valentine (VHJ Casting).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/nathalie-cheron\/\"><strong>Nathalie Cheron<\/strong><\/a> works for French and European productions, collaborating with some of the most celebrated European directors \u2013 Luc Besson, Olivier Assayas, Guillaume Gallienne, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Auburtin, and Americans \u2013 Robert Altman, Norman Jewison, Danny Huston, Des McAnuff and Doug Liman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/en\/elizaveta-shmakova\/\"><strong>Elizaveta Shmakova<\/strong><\/a> began her career at the Vaganova Ballet Academy, becoming curator for the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg. Since 2002, she is the casting director for the Studio Slon, where she works on Russian and International productions.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop is organized in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/en\/richard-cook\/\"><strong>Richard Cook<\/strong><\/a>, one of the founders of The Lisa Richards Agency, whose portfolio includes such actors as Cillian Murphy, Aidan Turner, Pierce Brosnan and Vlad Ivanov. Richard Cook is also the artistic director of the <em>Subtitle Film Fest<\/em>, as well as the founder of the <em>Cat Laughs Comedy Festival<\/em> in Kilkenny, Ireland, one of the most important comedy festivals.<\/p>\n<p>The actors talking to the participants of <strong>Managing Talents<\/strong> are\u00a0<strong><span class=\"st\">Nahuel P\u00e9rez Biscayart<\/span><\/strong> (the protagonist of <em>120 battements par minute<\/em>, directed by Robin Campillo, awarded the Grand Prix \u2013 Cannes 2017), <strong>Dylan Smith<\/strong> (known for his roles in <em>300<\/em>, <em>Total Recall<\/em>, and <em>The Mummy<\/em>), <strong>Valentina Lodovini<\/strong> (awarded for her role of Maria in the film <em>Benvenuti al sud<\/em>, directed by Luca Miniero) and <strong>Vlad Ivanov<\/strong> (one of today\u2019s most popular Romanian actors, known for his role in <em>4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days<\/em>, directed by Cristian Mungiu, <em>Police, Adjective<\/em>, directed by Corneliu Porumboiu, <em>Position of the Baby<\/em>, directed by C\u0103lin Peter Netzer and <em>Dogs<\/em>, directed by Bogdan Miric\u0103).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Radu Muntean <\/strong>(<em>The Paper Will Be Blue<\/em>, <em>One Floor Below<\/em>) and <strong>Cristian Mungiu<\/strong> (<em>4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days<\/em>, <em>Beyond the Hills<\/em>, <em>Graduation<\/em>) are the two directors who will give talks in the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> part of the October 21<sup>st<\/sup> workshop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Managing Talents<\/strong> is an event presented by <strong>BRD Groupe Soci<\/strong><strong>\u00e9<\/strong><strong>t<\/strong><strong>\u00e9<\/strong><strong> G<\/strong><strong>\u00e9n\u00e9rale<\/strong>, organized with the support of the Spotlight European Film Festival and Subtitle.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>The festival is presented by <strong>Orange Romania<\/strong>, a traditional partner of the event.<\/p>\n<p>Supported by: <strong>BRD Groupe Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Official car of the festival: <strong>Renault<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the support of: <strong>Catena, Groupama Asigur\u0103ri, Apa Nova, Silva<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Official Coffee of the festival: <strong>Nespresso<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The eighth edition of<strong> Les Films de Cannes \u00e0 Bucarest <\/strong>is organized by the <strong>Cinemascop Association<\/strong> and <strong>Voodoo Films<\/strong>, in partnership with the <strong>Embassy of France<\/strong> and the <strong>French Institute in Bucharest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Les Films de Cannes \u00e0 Bucarest<\/strong> is a cultural project financed by the The Ministry of Culture and National Identity, the National Center of Cinematography, SACD \/ Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers), the Cultural Project Centre of the Bucharest City Hall &#8211; ARCUB, within the Cultural Program \u201cBucure\u015fti Ora\u0219 Participativ\u201d 2017 and the Romanian Cultural Institute.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Partners:\u00a0<\/strong>Hotel Mercure, S.E.R.V.E, UPS, Media Image Factory, PiArt Vision.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media partners<\/strong>: Europa FM, Zile \u0219i Nop\u021bi, Cinemap, Glamour, VIVA!, ELLE, News.ro, A List Magazine, Observator Cutural, Scena9, Agerpres, Cinemagia, LiterNet, Movie News, AaRC, Cinefan, Umblat.ro, Urban.ro<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media monitoring partner<\/strong>: mediaTRUST<\/p>\n<p>The local editions of the festival, taking place in the 7 other cities are carried out in <strong>Bra\u0219ov<\/strong> with the support of the Local Council of Bra\u0219ov, through the program \u201cProject co-financed by the Bra\u0219ov Local Council\u201d, in <strong>Cluj-Napoca <\/strong>with the support of the Local Council of Cluj Napoca, the City Hall of Cluj Napoca and the \u201cSuedia\u201d Association, in <strong>Sibiu<\/strong> in partnership with ASTRA Film Festival, in <strong>Arad <\/strong>through the program \u201cCo-financed by The Municipal Cultural Center Arad\u201d, in <strong>Timi\u0219oara<\/strong> with the support of the City Hall of Timi\u0219oara, The Cultural House Of The City Of Timi\u0219oara and the Philharmonic of Banat, in <strong>Ia\u0219i<\/strong> with the support of The City Hall of Ia\u0219i and the Athenaeum, and in <strong>Suceava<\/strong> with the help of the City Hall of Suceava.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>BRD invests in culture, education and sports, privileging projects that accompany growth and facilitate the progress of new generations and bring long term value. 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