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The Guild is a professional organisation of Casting Directors in the film, television, theatre and commercials communities in the UK and Ireland who have joined together to further their common interests in establishing a recognised standard of professionalism in the industry, enhancing the stature of the profession, providing a free exchange of information and ideas, honouring the achievements of members and standardisation of working practices within the industry.

BAFTA film and TV awards introduce new casting category

Both screen awards strands will recognise crucial work of casting directors in assembling exciting teams and promoting diversity Read More

CDG welcomes new casting category at the BAFTA’s

“We are thrilled at the news that BAFTA has introduced a category for casting in both their film and television Awards in 2020. The overwhelming industry support since the announcement alone shows just how important this news is to so many of us. We do… Read More

BAFTA Introduces Casting Award – Variety

BAFTA is introducing a casting category for both its film and TV awards for the first time. The British Academy also said Wednesday that it would stick to its guns on the eligibility criteria for films, which allow streamers such as Netflix and Amazon to compete, to… Read More

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HUGE congratulations to Sarah Crowe CDG on her @BIFA_film Award for her work on The Personal History of David Copperfield.

Congrats to CDG member @scrowecasting - recognised for her brilliant work at this years #BIFA2019 👏👏

Congratulations to our members who have been nominated for a C2 1 Media Award for ‘Casting in a Drama Series’ - brilliant work!

In advance of the CDG AGM tonight, we’d like to give a big shout out and thanks to our wonderful sponsors, @SpotlightUK 🙌

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ProFile, the National Theatre and Spotlight’s video database for d/Deaf and disabled actors, is running two filming dates in December at @rxtheatre Manchester.
To register to be on the site please complete the ‘take part’ form on the ProFile website: https://t.co/L7AG9XRfwC