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The Complete Breakdown of Feature Film Funding Options. Feature films offer filmmakers a unique set of opportunities compared to short films. They allow you to develop more complex characters and narratives and to stage them within a cinematic world that has much more room for depth and meaning to emerge. When pulled off successfully, they […]

‘Shōgun’, ‘Only Murders in the Building’, Timothée Chalamet and Demi Moore among winners at the Screen Actors Guild Awards 2025. The winners of the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards were revealed in a ceremony on Sunday in Los Angeles. The awards, which are voted on by other performers, honour the best film and TV performances […]

Matthew Tuck talks about auditioning for the feature film ‘Cleaner’ and his hopes for other neurodivergent performers.

How BECS helps performers get paid for film and TV work shown overseas.

Conclave and The Brutalist lead the awards with four wins, while Wicked, Emilia Pérez, A Real Pain, Dune: Part Two, Anora and Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl each receive two. The winners of the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025 have been announced. The ceremony, hosted by Spotlight member David Tennant, took place at the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]