ICDA is thrilled to announce the nominated films for the 2023 Semiramis Award for Excellence in Casting. The award will be presented at FOCUS in London on 6th December 2023. Congratulations to the nominees, including ICDA members Constance Demontoy, Simone Bär (✝), Sofia Dimopoulou and Lotta Forsblad. Continue reading
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ICDA members feature prominently at Venice and Locarno Film Festivals
Both Venice and Locarno Film Festivals will feature an array of films cast by ICDA members. What a great achievement! Congratulations to all of our members, who are having their work shown both in and out of competition this year. Please see a full list below. VENICE FILM FESTIVAL Venezia 80 Competition Bastarden (The Promised Continue reading
Emmy nominations for ICDA members
The 2023 Emmy nominations have been announced and we are proud to report that several ICDA members are amongst the nominees: Succession – casting by Avy Kaufman and Lilia Hartmann-Trapani – has been nominated for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series, as well as for an array of other categories, including Outstanding Lead Actor in Continue reading
Festival de Cannes Report
ICDA was prominently represented by our members at Festival de Cannes last month. And we are proud to report that The Zone of Interest by Jonathan Glazer – Casting by Simone Bär, Magdalena Szwarcbart and Alexandra Montag – won the Grand Prix. Here is an overview of a few of the activities that our Casting Directors were involved in: Continue reading
ICDA is now a member of ARTEF
ICDA is proud to announce that we are now a member of ARTEF, the Anti-Racism Taskforce for European Film. ARTEF’s mission is to address institutional racism in the European film industry and work with stakeholders to create awareness about the existing problems, provide targeted education through training and guide institutions to find their solutions. Their Continue reading
Festival de Cannes
The 76th edition of the Festival de Cannes will take place in France from 16th to 27th May 2023. ICDA is proud to report that numerous members are having films shown. Please see a full list below: In Competition The Zone of Interest by Jonathan Glazer – Casting by Simone Bär, Magdalena Swarcbart and Alexandra Continue reading
Awards round-up
Awards season is in full swing, and what a year this is turning out to be for ICDA members! We would like to use this opportunity to give a shout-out to our members, many of whom have been nominated for or have already won awards in 2023. INTERNATIONAL The Oscars The following films, cast by Continue reading
ICDA @ Berlinale Film Festival
The International Casting Directors Association (ICDA) was heavily involved in the Berlinale and EFP Shooting Stars programme this year. 41 of our members participated in events from 18th to 20th February in Berlin. Meet & Greet with Ukrainian Actors On 18th February, ICDA organised a speed-dating event for Ukrainian actors who are registered in the Continue reading
ICDN is now ICDA
We are excited to announce that, as of 1st January 2023, the International Casting Directors Network (ICDN) has become the International Casting Directors Association (ICDA). By changing Network to Association, ICDA is able to apply for the status of a professional association (Berufsverband) in Germany, where the organisation is officially registered. This is more aligned Continue reading
New members round-up
We are excited to announce that since summer last year, we have welcomed 17 new members to the ICDA! Please see below a short overview of the amazing talent we are now able to call our own. We would like to take this opportunity to extend a warm welcome to all of the new faces! Continue reading
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