ICDA is thrilled to announce the nominated films for the 2024 Semiramis Award for Excellence in Casting. The award will be presented at Tirana Film Festival in Albania on 22nd September 2024. Congratulations to the nominees, including ICDA members Constance Demontoy, Lisa Lobel, Angela Peri, Rebecca van Unen, Francesco Vedovati, Celine Engebrigtsen and Sam Jones.
The nominated casting directors are:
Anousha Zarkesh
for
SHAYDA by Noora Niasari
(AUSTRALIA)
Francesco Vedovati
Iman Djionne
Constance Demontoy
Amine Louadni
for
IO CAPITANO by Matteo Garrone
(ITALY)
Rebecca van Unen
Children: Martha Mojet
for
SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarević
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Elin Ström
for
PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson
(SWEDEN)
Susan Shopmaker
Location Casting: Lisa Lobel, Angela Peri
for
THE HOLDOVERS by Alexander Payne
(USA)
Celine Engebrigtsen
Additional Casting: Sam Jones (Asim Chaudhry)
for
LISTEN UP! by Kaveh Tehrani
(WILD CARD)
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the ICDA members on the 2024 Semiramis Award Committee, who selected this year’s nominees: Ellen S. Michelsen, Kristina Kolytė, Magdalena Szwarcbart, Tusse Lande, Mawuko Kuadzi, Florentina Bratfanof, Catrin Wideryd, Nancy Bishop, Ulrike Müller, Vigfús Gunnarsson, Jemima McWilliams, Tess Joseph, Cassandra Han and Donna Morong.
The International Casting Directors Association proudly established the ICDA Award for Excellence in Casting in 2016, and has continued to recognise outstanding achievements in casting by our colleagues – members and non-members alike – every year since.
As of 2020, our award has a new name, the Semiramis Award for Excellence in Casting, along with a statuette designed by Swiss master sculptor Peter Hartmann.
The ICDA’s purpose in creating this award was to shine a light on the pivotal role that casting directors play in the creative process of filmmaking.
Past winners:
- 2023 Simone Bär (DE) for ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT by Edward Berger
- Co-casting by Constance Demontoy (FR) and Arwa Salmanova (CZ)
- 2022 Kjersti Paulsen (NO) for THE INNOCENTS by Eskil Vogt
- 2021 Lucy Pardee (UK) for ROCKS by Sarah Gavron
- 2020 Élodie Demey (FR) for HORS NORMES by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano
- Co-casting by Marie-France Michel (FR) and Justine Léocadie (FR)
- 2019 Sara Törnkvist (SE) for BORDER by Ali Abbasi
- 2018 Francesco Vedovati (IT) for DOGMAN by Matteo Garrone
- 2017 Harika Uygur (TR) for MUSTANG by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- 2016 Antoinette Boulat (FR) and Elsa Pharaon (FR) for STANDING TALL by Emanuelle Bercot
