Casting Guild of Australia

The Casting Guild of Australia (CGA) is a professional society, founded in 2013 in Victoria, Australia. It consists over 90% of all Australian casting directors for film, television, and theatre.^[1]

Formation[]

According to Nick Hamon, casting director and Vice President of CGA that the idea of setting up a casting guild was in minds of Australian casting directors committee quite sometime. But it was not actualised until in 2013, committee member Mel Mackintosh wrote an email, emphasising on the need of the guild.^[2]

Nominations and winners[]

The winners are mentioned first and highlighted.^[3]

2015[]

Category	Nominees	Film
Best Casting in a Feature Film	Kirsty McGregor	Last Cab to Darwin
	Nikki Barrett	Holding the Man
	Nikki Barrett and Ronna Kress	Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Television Casting (Up to 6 Hours)	Anousha Zarkesh	Redfern Now
	Christine King	The Code
	Alison Telford	Glitch
	Christine King and Anousha Zarkesh	Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door
Best Television Casting (More Than 6 Hours)	Alison Telford	Please Like Me
	Anousha Zarkesh	Rake
	Christine King	Hiding

2016[]

Category	Nominees	Film
Best Casting in a Feature Film	Stevie Ray and Kirsty McGregor	Down Under
	Nikki Barrett	The Daughter
	Christine King	The Dressmaker
	Anousha Zarkesh	Alex & Eve
Best Casting in a TV Drama	Anousha Zarkesh	Cleverman
	Anousha Zarkesh	Ready for This
	Nikki Barrett	Jack Irish
	Kirsty McGregor	Doctor Doctor
Best Casting in a TV Comedy	Tom McSweeney and David Newman	The Family Law
	Anousha Zarkesh	Rake
	Anousha Zarkesh	Black Comedy
	Kirsty McGregor	The Letdown
Best Casting in a TV Miniseries or Telemovie	Anousha Zarkesh	The Principal
	Kirsty McGregor	The Kettering Incident
	Nick Hamon	Divorce
	Kirsty McGregor	Secret City
Best Casting in a Short Film	Danny Long	Dream Baby
	Nick Hamon	St Kilda Film Festival Trailer
	Stevie Ray and Kirsty McGregor	Problem Play
	Anousha Zarkesh	The Mother Situation

Sirius Award[]

The Sirius Award has been created to recognise Australia's emerging actors, modelled on the Berlin Film Festival's Shooting Stars initiative. In 2015 Mark Coles Smith and Odessa Young won the award.^[4] In 2016 the Sirius Award were given to Katherine Langford and Jacob Collins Levy.^[5]

References[]

^ "THE CASTING GUILD OF AUSTRALIA LAUNCH THEMSELVES ONTO THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE". Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^ "THE CASTING GUILD OF AUSTRALIA – VITAL FOR OUR ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ARENA". Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^ "Nominees unveiled for Casting Guild of Australia Awards". Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^ "New award for Australia's rising stars". Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^ "Sirisu Awards 2016". Retrieved 7 August 2017.

External links[]

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[1] "THE CASTING GUILD OF AUSTRALIA LAUNCH THEMSELVES ONTO THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE". Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[2] "THE CASTING GUILD OF AUSTRALIA – VITAL FOR OUR ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ARENA". Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[3] "Nominees unveiled for Casting Guild of Australia Awards". Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[4] "New award for Australia's rising stars". Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[5] "Sirisu Awards 2016". Retrieved 7 August 2017.

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