Tag: film
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The Winners of the SAG Awards 2025
‘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…
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My Casting Story: Matthew Tuck in ‘Cleaner’
Matthew Tuck tells us about his audition for the feature film ‘Cleaner’, working with Daisy Ridley and his hopes for other neurodivergent performers in the industry. It’s never too late to become a performer. Matthew Tuck didn’t grow up wanting to become an actor. He didn’t go to drama school. Yet here he is –…
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Is Your Audio-visual Work Shown Overseas? Get Additional Payments from BECS
How the British Equity Collection Society (BECS) helps performers get additional payments when their film and TV work is shown overseas. If your work is being shown anywhere in the world, you may have the right to receive additional payment (additional to what is provided for in your contract with the producer) – and that’s…
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‘Conclave’ and ‘The Brutalist’ Win Big at the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025
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…
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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…