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Aaron ALTARAS

Actor

Germany

Short Forms Competition Jury

An actor since the age of nine, Aaron Altaras first made his mark playing Robert in the Netflix series Unorthodox (2020), which follows the fate of a young, ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman who leaves New York to live her life freely in Berlin. In his native Germany, Altaras’ fame began in 2017 thanks to the role of Eugen in The Invisibles by Claus Räfle. The following year, he played the gay footballer Leon in Mario (2018) by Marcel Gisler. Recently, he was seen in the series The Zweiflers (2024), a tragicomic tale about a family of restaurateurs, which won the 2024 Jury Prize and the High School Jury Prize at Canneséries.