freida pinto wins best actress award for Miral

This year the Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) will again pair their Rising Stars program with European Film Promotion's (EFP) renowned Shooting Stars initiative which is financially supported by the MEDIA program of the European Union, in the festival's Breakthrough Performers Program.

Breakthrough Performers has successfully sought out and supported new promising actors in film and grown into a dynamic, enriched program which includes intimate gatherings with directors, producers, writers, veteran actors and prominent industry executives who will attend the festival this year. " As the second decade of the Rising Stars Program nears the focus of this program is on the shared multi-cultural talent of promising young actors," says Lina Todd, Rising Stars Program director. "This is the first year that we are honoring an Indian actor, the exquisitely talented Freida Pinto, along with two stunning and talented Americans, Jessica Chastain and Brittany Robertson. Our exciting program with Stanley Tucci mentoring will be an influential exchange of ideas, experiences, and creativity." Pinto's costar James franco also won best actor award for danny boyle's film...

Ps:It looks like Indian media has once again failed in trying to sabotage freida's career