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.

The nominated casting directors are:

Sofia Dimopoulou

Sotiria Marini

Akis Gourzoulidis

Frangiskos Xidianos

for

BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS

by Asimina Proedrou

(GREECE)

Simone Bär

Co-casting: Constance Demontoy (France), Arwa Salmanova (Czech Republic)

for

IM WESTEN NICHTS NEUES (ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT)

by Edward Berger

(GERMANY)

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Co-casting: Seyed Javad Hashemi, Hala Jarrah, Mohammad Kloob, Taha Moghani, Saeed Nasiri

for

HOLY SPIDER by Ali Abbasi

(DENMARK)

Emmanuelle Mayer

for

CINEMA SABAYA

by Orit Fouks Rotem

(ISRAEL)

Lotta Forsblad

Frida von Koch Hasselvall

Co-casting: Stefan Gardovic

for

I AM ZLATAN

by Jens Sjögren

(SWEDEN)

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:

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) & Elsa Pharaon (FR) for STANDING TALL by Emanuelle Bercot

International Casting Directors Association

August 29, 2023