Charles Gant to oversee UK & Ireland Stars of Tomorrow from 2026

Charles Gantt, Screen InternationalAwards and box office editors take over British and Ireland curators of the publication Tomorrow’s Star A showcase that starts with the 2026 edition.

The latest iterations of screenThe current 22nd year annual talent initiative marks the last one curated by the departing Fionnuala Halligan. screen This summer, I will be the director of the international programme at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival. Her final cohort of UK and Ireland’s tomorrow stars will be announced on Thursday (September 25th).

Harrigan took over the program in 2011, and during his 15-year tenure, the number of applications increased significantly, strengthened by an application process that would allow tomorrow’s stars to run equal arenas and have access to everyone.

Harrigan, including this year’s cohort, has selected over 400 actors and filmmakers and has been featured as a rising star in the UK or Ireland, including actors Florence Pugh, Josh O’Connor, Jody Comer, Naomi Ackie, Bella Ramsey and Harris Dickinson. Filmmakers Molly Manning Walker and Rose Glass. Producers Sarah Brocklehurst and Emily Morgan. and Farhana Bhula, the recently appointed director of Film4.

Since its founding in 2005, Gant has been participating in the ju apprentices in the Rising Star category and the ju apprentices in the Chief List of BAFTA Film Awards. He served a four-year term at BAFTA’s outstanding British filmmaker juj. For over a decade, he was a sharp supporter and active voter for the British Independence Film Awards. He also served as a ju-dean shooter for European film promotions.

Gantt states: screenSince the founding of the Stars of Tomorrow program, and in recent years, I have been fortunate to be involved as a commissioning editor and writer. screenCoverage of. I share my passion for defending Finn’s new talent, and I am now proud and humbled to have him hand over me a curator’s torch screen. Finn and her predecessor Patricia Dobson star bequeathed with an outstanding legacy.

screenEditor-in-Chief Matt Mueller said: “These were always going to be big shoes. As Charles says for herself, Finn and her predecessor, Patricia Dobson, bequeathed an outstanding legacy. The future.”