ICDA is an official partner of the EFP Shooting Stars programme at the 2023 Berlinale Film Festival. Please see below our full programme.
18th February 2023
3:00pm – Meet & Greet for ICDA Casting Directors and Ukrainian actors based in Berlin. (By invitation only)
8:30pm – Dinner for ICDA Casting Directors and EFP Shooting Stars. (By invitation only)

19th February 2023
1:45PM – Actors Industry Network @ Co-Production Market,
Niederkirchnerstraße 5, 10117 Berlin
4:00PM – INDUSTRY TALK, Case Study: Music by Angela Schanelec – The Challenges of International Casting in International Co-Productions
with Kirill Krasovski (Faktura Film, Germany), Vladimir Vidić (Dart Film, Serbia), ICDA member Makis Gazis (Casting Director, Greece), Pippa Harrisson (Spotlight, UK)
Moderation: Amra Bakšić Čamo (SCCA/pro.ba, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

20th February 2023
6:15PM – EFP Shooting Stars Awards and Screening at Berlinale Palast

Five of the films cast by our members are showing in competition, of which two are by our recently deceased founding member, former ICDA President and phenomenal casting director Simone Bär.





- Till the End of the Night by Christoph Hochhäusler, casting by Ulrike Müller (Competition)
- Disco Boy by Giacomo Abbruzzese, casting by Vibirson Gnanatheepan, Sebastián Moradiellos and Mathilde Snodgrass (Competition)
- Music by Angela Schanelec, casting by Makis Gazis (Competition)
- Afire by Christian Petzold, casting by Simone Bär (Competition)
- Ingeborg Bachmann – Reise in die Wüste by Margarethe Von Trotta, casting by Simone Bär (Competition)
There are also a number of films showing in the categories Berlinale Special Gala, Berlinale Forum, Panorama, Berlinale Series and Generation 14plus:








- The Lost Boys by Zeno Graton, casting by Sebastián Moradiellos and Adélaïde Mauvernay (Generation 14plus)
- Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes by Robert Schwentke, casting by Anja Dihrberg-Siebler and Kate Ringsell (Berlinale Special Gala)
- Sun and Concrete by David Wnendt, casting by Ulrike Müller (Berlinale Special Gala)
- Do You Love Me? by Tonia Noyabrova, casting by Alla Samoylenko (Panorama)
- The Beast in the Jungle by Patric Chiha, casting by Sebastián Moradiellos (Panorama)
- De Facto by Selma Doborac, casting by Ulrike Müller (Berlinale Forum)
- The Swarm by Frank Schätzing, casting by Andy Brierly, Cathleen Chopin, Victor Jenkins and Lilia Trapani. (Berlinale Series)
- Spy/Master by Adina Sădeanu, Kirsten Peters, Christopher Smith, casting by Domnica Circiumaru, Iris Baumüller and Maureen Duff. (Berlinale Series)
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our official partners and sponsors at the 2023 Berlinale Film Festival.


