Tag: film
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Full List of the Casting Directors’ Guild Awards 2025 Winners
Verity Naughton wins multiple awards, with the casting teams behind ‘Rivals’, ‘Conclave’, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ and ‘Mr Bates vs the Post Office’ also taking home wins. The winners of the Casting Directors’ Guild Awards 2025 have now been announced at a ceremony in London, hosted by Sue Perkins. The CDG Casting Awards, now in…
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Full List of Artios Awards 2025 Winners
Casting Directors including Nina Gold, Martin Ware and Bernard Telsey win awards for ‘Wicked’, ‘A Complete Unknown’, ‘Emilia Pérez’, ‘Conclave’, ‘Slow Horses’ and ‘Baby Reindeer’. Last night (12 February), the Casting Society’s Artios Awards, presented by Spotlight, took place with glittering ceremonies in London, New York and Los Angeles. The Artios Awards honours the year’s…
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Casting Director Stephanie Gorin on being BAFTA nominated for ‘The Apprentice’
The casting director of ‘Fargo’, ‘Reacher’ and ‘IT’ tells us about casting the BAFTA-nominated film ‘The Apprentice’ and how she discovers new talent. Canadian casting director Stephanie Gorin has an extensive number of projects to her name. You’ll find productions like Reacher, IT, Miss Saigon, &Juliet and Saw amongst the 200+ projects she’s cast across…
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Yesi Ramirez on Award Nominations and Casting ‘A Complete Unknown’
The Head of Casting for Searchlight Pictures shares her unique insight on the Bob Dylan biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ as well as her casting process. Yesi Ramirez may arguably be best known for casting 2016’s Oscar and BIFA-winning Moonlight, a film that won her an Artios Award and also saw two of its cast members…
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Watch Kate Rhodes James’ Q&A about Casting ‘Gladiator II’
Casting director Kate Rhodes James discusses her process for assembling the stellar cast we see on screen in ‘Gladiator II’ and answers Spotlight members’ questions. On 16 December 2025, Spotlight hosted an exclusive private screening of Gladiator II for Spotlight members, followed by a Q&A with the film’s esteemed casting director, Kate Rhodes James. The…
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Exclusive Screening of ‘The Substance’ and Panel Event at Berlinale Film Festival
In association with the International Casting Directors Association (ICDA) and the European Film Academy, Filmmakers and Spotlight are delighted to present an exclusive panel and screening of The Substance at the Berlinale International Film Festival. The special event celebrates the European Film Academy’s (EFA) introduction of a new ‘European Casting Director Award’. Congratulations to the…
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Nominations for Oscars 2025 Announced
Emilia Pérez leads the pack with 13 Oscars nominations, while The Brutalist and Wicked earn 10. The most anticipated event in the film industry is back for its 97th outing, with nominees announced today (23 January) live from Samuel Goldwyn Theater through a global live stream. Netflix’s Emilia Pérez is the front-runner of the nominees,…
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Nominees Announced for Casting Directors’ Guild Awards 2025
The CDG Awards returns for a seventh year, championing the amazing work of casting directors in the UK and Ireland. The CDG Casting Awards celebrates the fantastic work by casting teams across film, television, theatre and commercials. Winners of this year’s awards will be announced at the ceremony taking place on 13 February in London.…
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Nominations Announced for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025
Conclave, Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist lead nominations for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025, with Anora, Wicked, Dune: Part Two, A Complete Unknown and Kneecap among other nominees. The EE BAFTA Film Awards nominees have been announced at a ceremony presented by Spotlight members Will Sharpe and Mia McKenna-Bruce (who won last year’s BAFTA…
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‘Wicked’ and ‘Shōgun’ Lead 2025 SAG Awards Nominations
‘Wicked’ is up for five awards in the Screen Actors Guild Awards, with nominations also going to ‘A Complete Unknown’, ‘Anora’, ‘Emilia Pérez’, ‘The Bear’, ‘The Diplomat’ and ‘The Penguin’. The nominees for the 31st Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards have now been revealed, with some of 2024’s biggest and most successful films and TV…