The Casting Society of America (CSA) have announced their nominations representing the best in casting for 2025, otherwise known as the Artios Awards. The winners will be announced on February 26th, 2026. Here are this year’s nominees…
Feature: Big Budget: Comedy
Jay Kelly: Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold, Associate Casting Director: Matthew Glasner, Location Casting Directors: Francesco Vedovati, Barbara Giordani
Materialists: Douglas Aibel, Associate Casting Director: Matthew Glasner
The Naked Gun: Carmen Cuba, Associate Casting Director: Judith Sunga, Location Casting Directors: Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris
The Phoenician Scheme: Douglas Aibel (US Casting), Jina Jay (UK Casting), Alexandra Montag (German Casting), Associate Casting Director: Matthew Glasner
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery: Mary Vernieu, Bret Howe, Location Casting Director: Martin Ware, Location Associate Casting Director: Olivia Brittain
Wicked: For Good: Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Associate Casting Director: Ryan Bernard Tymensky, Location Casting Director: Tamsyn Manson
Feature: Big Budget: Drama
Bugonia: Jennifer Venditti, Associate Casting Director: Alan Scott Neal
F1: The Movie: Lucy Bevan, Emily Brockmann, Associate Casting Director: Katie Brydon, Location Casting Directors: Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris, Tara Mazzucca
Frankenstein: Robin D. Cook, Associate Casting Director: Jonathan Oliveira
Hamnet: Nina Gold, Associate Casting Director: Lucy Amos
Marty Supreme: Jennifer Venditti, Associate Casting Director: Alan Scott Neal, Location Casting Director: Ko Iwagami
Sinners: Francine Maisler, Associate Casting Directors: Molly Rose, Amber Wakefield, Location Casting Director: Meagan Lewis
Feature: Animated
Elio: Natalie Lyon, Kevin Reher, Kate Hansen-Birnbaum, Associate Casting Director: Lexi Diamond
The Bad Guys 2: Christi Soper Hilt, Associate Casting Director: Lara Boushehri
Zootopia 2: Grace C. Kim
Feature: Studio or Independent Comedy
Eternity: Tiffany Mak, Chelsea Ellis Bloch, Marisol Roncali
Friendship: Melissa DeLizia
Oh, Hi!: Kate Geller, Associate Casting Director: Ross Shenker
Rental Family: Kei Kawamura
The Wedding Banquet: Jenny Jue, Associate Casting Director: Candice Elzinga
Twinless: Jessica Munks, Location Casting Director: Simon Max Hill
Feature: Studio or Independent Drama
Blue Moon: Olivia Scott-Webb, Associate Casting Director: Simon Higgins
Eleanor the Great: Ellen Lewis, Kate Sprance, Associate Casting Director: Leah Shapiro
Nuremberg: John Papsidera, Anna Kennedy, Associate Casting Director: Emily Bohbrink, Location Casting Director: Francesco Vedovati
Pillion: Kahleen Crawford
Sentimental Value: Avy Kaufman
Train Dreams: Avy Kaufman, Location Casting Director: Nike Imoru
Feature: International
Kokuho: Masunobu Motokawa
Sound of Falling: Karimah El-Giamal
The Fisherman: Mawuko Kuadzi
Feature: Low Budget: Comedy or Drama
All That We Love: Charlene Lee, Associate Casting Director: Danny Gordon
Bob Trevino Likes It: Kate Geller, Associate Casting Director: Ross Shenker
Griffin in Summer: Betsy Ware Fippinger, Location Casting Director: Erica Arvold
Plainclothes: Bernard Telsey, Adam Caldwell, Amelia Rasche McCarthy
Sorry, Baby: Jessica Kelly, Location Casting Directors: Lisa Lobel, Angela Peri, Location Associate Casting Director: Melissa Morris
We Strangers: Erica A. Hart, Location Casting Director: Lauren Port
London Theatre (new category)
“My Master Builder”: Sophie Holland
“Oedipus”: Jim Carnahan, Associate Casting Director: Liz Fraser
“The Devil Wears Prada”: Jill Green, Associate Casting Director: Olivia Laydon
“The Importance of Being Earnest”: Alastair Coomer
“The Little Foxes”: Jessica Ronane
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