Christa Schamberger, Casting Director

THE FALLEN (LEGACY)	A wealthy KwaZula Natal sugar dynasty deals with the tensions arising from adapting to the New South Africa and skeletons in the family closet.	Peter Goldsmid	Margaret Goldsmid - Southern Exposure
VEHICLE 19	The thriller follows Paul Walker (Fast and Furious, Takers) as an innocent bystander who becomes entangled in a world of deadly Police corruption when he picks up the wrong rental car. His unexpected and unwilling passenger is a committed young prosecutor, played by Naima McLean.	Mukunda Michael de Wil	The Picturetree, Johannesburg
THE BORROWERS	TV Special, BBC TV Feature Film, Based on the well known collection of children's stories, The Borrowers, with Stephen Fry in the lead as Prof. Mildeye.	Tom Harper (UK)	Radford Neville, (UK) [Moonlighting Films]
STRIKE BACK II	Created by Chris Ryan (The One That Got Away) An action drama set in Cape Town. Section 20, a British elite Intel unit, are still on the trail of terror suspect, Latif and it seems that the stakes are rising.	Alex Holms et al	Producer: Trevor Hopkins for Left Bank Pictures, UK [Out of Africa Entertainment, CT]
September 2011

	Christa Schamberger-Young
+27 11 440 3477	Independent Casting Director Emmy Award Nominee 2009
Johannesburg	(The Casting Connection cc)	South Africa

PROJECT	DESCRIPTION	DIRECTOR	PRODUCTION Co.
IN A STRANGE LAND	Inspired by a little-known slice of World War II history. About 1,500 Jews were detained for most of the war in a British prison on the island of Mauritius. Avi Nesher has written a moving screenplay spanning decades, telling of the friendship between a Hindi boy and two of the Jewish boy prisoners,ased on 'The Last Brother', a novel by Nathacha Appanah.	Avi Nesher	Jean-Pierre Ramsay-Levi [Fr] [Philo Pieterse - Philo Films] Locations: Kwazulu, Johannesburg
THE GIRL (Working Title)	The story of how model Tippi Hedren became a Hollywood star and one of "Hitchcock's blondes". We follow Tippi's turbulent journey through the making of The Birds and Marnie, having to cope with Hitchcock's desperate and lusty infatuation.	Julian Jarrold (UK)	Amanda Jenks (UK) [Moonlighting Films] Location : Cape Town
THE FLIGHT OF THE STORKS	Dark Thiller. After the unexpected death of his ornithologist mentor, Jonathan Anselme decides to continue with the trip they had planned for him – to follow the storks on their migratory path to Africa. As he sets off on his epic journey, it seems that death follows him along the way. What other secrets do the storks carry?	Jan Kounen	EuropaCorp Television [Moonlighting Films]
BOETIE & THE BEAST	South Africa's highest grossing film personality, Leon Schuster, mixes corrupt politicians, the reality TV craze, a national obsession with racism, big game poaching and schoolboy humour to come up with a script littered with social comment - when you can stop yourself laughing in spite of yourself!	Gray Hofmeyr	Helena Spring - Keynote Productions
October 2011

Shooting Completed / Post Production
PROJECT	DESCRIPTION	DIRECTOR	PRODUCER
KIDNAP & RANSOM II	Hostage negotiator Dominic King's life becomes traumatic and complicated when the local Kashmir police interfere in his efforts to secure the release of the Metha family, since they do not believe in negotiating with 'terrorists'.	David Drury	Producer: Trevor Hopkins for Projector Pictures / SKY1 [Out of Africa Entertainment, CT]
AMBASSADOR II - White Gold	The Ambassador and his daughter become involved with illegal ivory poachers, corrupt politicians and poverty stricken farmers. He is instrumental in catching the poachers, exposing the corruption and improving the lot of the local farmers	Sigi Rothemund	U 5 Film Produktion, Germany [Two Oceans Productions]
LION GIRL	When Jo falls seriously ill on his farm in Africa, his estranged family return to Africa to persuade him to come back to Germany with them, but old relationships and family tragedies bedevil the trip. Lena must first find a way to rediscover her childhood gift for communicating with the lions before she can address the traumatic events of her childhood.	Stefanie Sycholt	Brigid Olen - DO Productions & German Co-production
October 2011