JUNGE TALENTE.ch 08 + GIOVANI TALENTI ITALIANI 2008 Casting directors Corinna Glaus and Susan Müller have cast young emerging actors and actresses from all over Switzerland for the dvd JUNGE TALENTE.ch 08 during the past year and selected: Patricia Mollet-Mercier, Samia von Arx, Miriam Stein, Sarah Hostettler, Anna Katharina Mueller, Bastien Semenzato, Yves Wuethrich, Grégoire Gros, Aaron Hitz and Gabriel Marrer. The casting directors of the U.I.C. (Unione Italiana Casting) did the same for the Italian dvd "GIOVANI TALENTI ITALIANI 2008" and selected: Anna Bellato, Mimosa Campironi, Margherita Massicci, Maria Grazia Pompei, Michele Cesari, Josefia Forlì, Tommaso Ramenghi and Riccardo Sinibaldi. These 10 young Swiss actors and the 8 talents from Italy are showcasing their skills in short scenes, which were specially written for them. They are directed by the renowned Swiss directors Manuel Flurin Hendry, Bettina Oberli, Denis Rabaglia and Christoph Schaub as well as the highly appreciated Italian directors Anna Negri, Federica Martino Alessandro Angelini and Alexis Sweet. You can access the Artist Profiles of all young talents and view the two DVDs directly on our homepage. Have fun watching them!

e-Talenta participates at the RomaFictionFest and presents “European TV – New Talents” at the RomaFictionFest A new event featuring five actors and five actresses from Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the UK In collaboration with www.e-talenta.eu the RomaFictionFest is presenting 10 TV Talents from Italy, Spain, France, Germany and the UK who in their home countries are considered “hot” and rising stars in Television. Although relatively young all of them have already done substantial work not only on TV but also in Cinema and Theatre. They have been trained in different schools and by different experiences and they are all talented and highly professional. Their individual Artist Profile is accessible on www.e-talenta.eu. For the event European TV – New Talents and for the selection of its 10 protagonists e-Talenta involved 4 of Europe’s most important casting directors for TV. They are: Anja Dihrberg, Camilla Valentine Isola, Juliette Ménager and Kate Rhodes James. The 10 protagonists and the casting directors are guests of the RomaFictionFest. Click onto “European TV – New Talents” at the end of the homepage in order to view the actors and the trailer.

Cannes International Film Festival 2008: e-Talenta are pleased to announce that they Beta launched their "e-Talenta Connection" to selected agencies and actors successfully during the festival. As part of the launch, this interactive casting service was demonstrated to this year's "Producers on the Move", the country representatives of European Film Promotion, the Producers Network as well as to many other industry professionals who attended the festival. e-Talenta's exclusive partners in France (CCcom) and in Italy (FBI Casting) were also present. Professional actors and agents who have not yet registered con do so by clicking REGISTER and therefore make sure they are included in this innovative casting service.

Shooting Stars 2008: e-Talenta congratulates this year's Shooting Stars and offers them an annual complimentary subscription. Meet the most exciting young talent from Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary Italy, Netherlands, Rumania, Slovakia, Switzerland as well as from the UK by clicking onto the Trailer further down.

e-Talenta receives support by IMAIE: The Italian part of the e-Talenta site was financed thanks also to a contribution by the Italian collecting society IMAIE (Istituto per la Tutela dei Diritti degli Artisti Interpreti Esecutore). This allows e-Talenta to offer all Italian actors who are members of IMAIE a 30% discount on all e-Talenta services.