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Spotlight now welcomes performers from 6+ months, providing a secure, professional path for industry children. Your child’s journey into the industry is a milestone-filled adventure and we’re here to guide you every step of the way. We are thrilled to invite babies and toddlers (from six months old) to join Spotlight, making it easier than […]

BAFTA-nominee Yngvill Kolset Haga talks Oscar history, the meta-magic of Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’ and the “invisible” art of the perfect cast. The global casting community is currently celebrating a historic milestone: For the first year ever, the Academy Awards will recognise casting with its own dedicated category. It’s a shift that validates what industry […]

Cassandra Kulukundis tells us about her long search for the cast of ‘One Battle After Another’ and what she wants to see in auditions. Casting director Cassandra Kulukundis has been a trusted collaborator of Paul Thomas Anderson for over two decades. Their collaboration began with 1999’s Magnolia and has continued through to his latest feature, […]

From Beatles biopics to the second seasons of ‘Supacell’ and ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’, here are the productions currently filming in February. A brand new year means a brand new slate of exciting new projects currently filming in the UK and Ireland. This year, we’re set to see a huge number of blockbusters […]

Legendary casting director Avy Kaufman on ‘Sentimental Value’, Elle Fanning and the new Casting Oscar. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Avy Kaufman moved to New York City to study dance at college and never looked back. Today, her casting agency stands as a powerhouse of the industry, fuelled by a career that began with a leap […]

‘One Battle After Another’, ‘Sinners’, ‘Marty Supreme’ and ‘Hamnet’ lead the nominations for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2026. The nominations for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2026 have now been announced through a live broadcast, presented by Aimee Lou Wood and David Jonsson. The awards, now in their 79th year, celebrate cinematic achievements from […]