Irish Actor Robbie Sheehan Selected for the Prestigious ‘Shooting Star’ Award at the Berlin International Film Festival 2010
Irish actor Robert Sheehan (Cherrybomb, Summer of the Flying Saucer) has been selected for the prestigious SHOOTING STAR initiative and will be honoured with an award along with nine other Shooting Stars at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2010.Robert beat off stiff competition against nominees from 20 other countries in the European Film Promotion's (EFP) member organisation to be selected as one of Europe's ten best up-and-coming actors. The Shooting Stars will be presented to leading filmmakers and members of the industry and will attend high profile events during the festival next year.
Commenting on the selection Robbie Sheehan said "I'm delighted and honored to have been chosen to represent Ireland and to be part of the exclusive club that is 'Shooting Stars'. I'm also very grateful because the award has shown itself to be a positive omen to the careers of those who have been involved in the past.
Robert has been acting since childhood making one of his debut appearances in Aisling Walsh's acclaimed feature film Song for a Raggy Boy. Since then, he has appeared in a numerous Irish and UK television programmes such as Foreign Exchange, Young Blades, The Clinic, The Tudors and Rock Rivals. He recently starred alongside Sean Bean and Paddy Considine in the Red Riding trilogy of films based on the novels by David Peace which aired on Channel 4 earlier this year to much critical acclaim.
Robert was cast opposite Rupert Grint, Kimberly Nixon and James Nesbitt in the feature film Cherrybomb which premiered at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival and is due to hit cinemas in 2010. Another feature film due to go on release in 2010 is The Season of the Witch in which Robert stars alongside Oscar winner Nicolas Cage and Golden Globe winner Ron Pearlman.
Robert can currently be seen in Misfits, a new UK comedy drama on E4 and will star in Love and Hate, a new Irish TV drama mini-series featuring Aidan Gillen which is due for transmission on RTÉ next year.
Jury members responsible for the selection include the acclaimed Czech actress Ana Geislerová (Beauty in Trouble), the award-winning Italian director Giuseppe Piccioni (Giulia Doesn't Date At Night), the renowned German producer Karl Baumgartner (Pandora Film), the internationally active casting director Leo Davis from the UK (The Queen) and Steven Gaydos, author and Executive Editor of the international film magazine Variety, USA.
Supported by the Media Programme of the European Union, the SHOOTING STARS event has been spotlighting the achievements of young European actors and the quality of their films for the past 13 years and offering the selected talents a networking platform at the Berlinale to develop their international careers. The event culminates in the SHOOTING STARS AWARD - presented by Studio Babelsberg, one of Europe's leading film studios for feature films.