The 40th Artios Awards, presented on February 12, 2025, by the Casting Society of America, honored the best in originality, creativity and contribution of casting professionals to the overall quality of a film, television series, short form project, theatre production and commercial. The ceremony took place simultaneously at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, the  Edison Ballroom in New York, and the White City House in London.[1]
The nominations for the television, short form project, and theatre categories were announced on November 1, 2024. The nominations for the film categories will be announced in December 16, 2024, while the recipients for the special awards will be revealed later on.[2][3] The category for Live Television Performance, Variety, or Sketch – Comedy, Drama, or Musical while the category for International Television Series was introduced.
Nominations for the feature film categories were announced on December 17, 2024. The category for Feature Micro Budget – Comedy or Drama was not presented while an award for International Films was introduced, similar to the television categories.[4]
Winners and nominees
Film
| Wicked – Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield; Ryan Bernard Tymensky (Associate Casting Director); Tamsyn Manson (Location Casting Director)
 | A Complete Unknown – Yesi Ramirez; Rori Bergman, Karlee Fomalont (Location Casting Directors); Kate Sprance (Location Associate Casting Director)
Blitz – Nina Gold; Lucy Amos (Associate Casting Director)Civil War – Francine Maisler; Amber Wakefield (Associate Casting Director); Meagan Lewis, Rebecca Carfagna (Location Casting Directors)Dune: Part Two – Francine Maisler; Kathy Driscoll-Mohler, Molly Rose (Associate Casting Directors); Dixie Chassay (Location Casting Director)Gladiator II – Kate Rhodes JamesQueer – Jessica Ronane
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| Feature Studio or Independent – Comedy My Old Ass – Douglas Aibel; Matthew Glasner (Associate Casting Director)
A Different Man – Maribeth Fox; Kimberly Ostroy (Associate Casting Director)Ezra – Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee; Roya Semnanian, Rachel Goldman (Associate Casting Directors)Hit Man – Vicky Boone; Liz Kelley (Associate Casting Director)A Real Pain – Jessica KellyThelma – Jamie Ember
 | Feature Studio or Independent – Drama Conclave – Nina Gold, Martin Ware; Francesco Vedovati, Barbara Giordani (Location Casting Directors)
The Apprentice – Carmen Cuba, Stephanie Gorin; Brendan Wilcocks (Associate Casting Director)Heretic – Carmen Cuba; Charley Medigovich (Associate Casting Director); Tiffany Mak (Location Casting Director)Lee – Lucy Bevan, Olivia GrantNickel Boys – Victoria Thomas; Jennifer Yoo (Associate Casting Director); Meagan Lewis (Location Casting Director)September 5 – Nancy Foy, Lucinda Syson, Simone Bär; Natasha Vincent (Associate Casting Director); Juliette Ménager (Location Casting Director)
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| Feature Low Budget – Comedy or Drama Janet Planet – Jessica Kelly
Empire Waist – Rori Bergman; Karlee Fomalont (Associate Casting Director)Fancy Dance – Stacey Rice; Chris Freihofer (Location Casting Director)The Graduates – Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee; Roya Semnanian, Rachel Goldman (Associate Casting Directors); Jeff Johnson (Location Casting Director)Omni Loop – Kate Geller, Taylor Williams; Ross Shenker (Associate Casting Director)Tokyo Cowboy – Emily SchweberYour Monster – Scotty Anderson
 | International Film Emilia Pérez – Carla Hool; Susan Putnam (Associate Casting Director)
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| Feature Animation | 
Television
| Television Series – Comedy Hacks (Season 3) – Nicole Abellera Hallman, Jeanne McCarthy; Anna Mayworm (Associate Casting Director)
The Bear (Season 2) – Jeanie Bacharach; Mickie Paskal, Jennifer Rudnicke, AJ Links (Location Casting Director); Kaitlin Shaw (Location Associate Casting Director)Julia (Season 2) – Sharon Bialy, Gohar Gazazyan; Stacia Kimler (Associate Casting Director); Lisa Lobel, Angela Peri (Location Casting Director); Melissa Morris (Location Associate Casting Director)Loot (Season 2) – Jill Anthony Thomas, Anthony J. Kraus; Katrina Wandel George (Associate Casting Director)Only Murders in the Building (Season 3) – Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Destiny LillyReservation Dogs (Season 3) – Angelique Midthunder; Stacey Rice, Tara Mazzucca (Associate Casting Director); Chris Freihofer (Location Casting Director)
 | Television Series – Drama Slow Horses (Season 3) – Nina Gold; Melissa Gethin Clarke (Associate Casting Director)
The Chi (Season 6) – Carmen Cuba, Judith Sunga; Christal Karge, Marisa Ross (Location Casting Directors); Jenn Noyes (Location Associate Casting Director)The Crown (Season 6) – Robert Sterne; Luci Lenox (Location Casting Director)The Gilded Age (Season 2) – Bernard Telsey, Adam Caldwell; Amelia Rasche McCarthy (Associate Casting Director)The Morning Show (Season 3) – Victoria ThomasThe Summer I Turned Pretty (Season 2) – Lyndsey Baldasare, David H. Rapaport; Kimberly Wistedt, Lisa Mae Fincannon (Location Casting Directors)
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| Palm Royale – Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee; Roya Semnanian, Rachel Goldman (Associate Casting Directors)
 | Television Pilot and First Season – Drama Shōgun – Laura Schiff, Carrie Audino; Chelsea Egozi (Associate Casting Director); Kei Kawamura (Location Casting Director)
3 Body Problem – Nina Gold, Robert SterneThe Curse – Angelique Midthunder, Jennifer Venditti; Tara Mazzucca (Associate Casting Director); Victoria Cadwallader, Jennifer Schwalenberg (Location Casting Directors)Elsbeth – Mark Saks, Findley Davidson; John Andrews (Associate Casting Director)Fallout – John Papsidera; Julie Tucker, Ross Meyerson (Location Casting Directors)The Girls on the Bus – Junie Lowry-Johnson, Libby Goldstein, Erica A. Hart; Josh Ropiequet, Briana Dunlay (Associate Casting Directors)Mr. & Mrs. Smith – Carmen Cuba; Charley Medigovich (Associate Casting Director)Sugar – Sherry Thomas, Sharon Bialy, Rebecca Mangieri; Samantha Rood (Associate Casting Director)
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| Limited Series Baby Reindeer – Nina Gold, Martin Ware
All the Light We Cannot See – Lucy Bevan, Emily Brockmann; Katie Brydon (Associate Casting Director); Susanne Scheel (Location Casting Director)Fargo – Rachel Tenner; Rick Messina (Associate Casting Director); Stephanie Gorin, Jackie Lind, Rhonda Fisekci (Location Casting Directors); Brendan Wilcocks (Location Associate Casting Director)Feud: Capote vs. The Swans – Alexa L. Fogel; Kathryn Zamora-Benson (Associate Casting Director)Ripley – Avy Kaufman; Scotty Anderson (Associate Casting Director); Francesco Vedovati, Barbara Giordani (Location Casting Directors)True Detective: Night Country – Francine Maisler; Amber Wakefield, Molly Rose (Associate Casting Directors); Jessica Ronane, Deborah Schildt (Location Casting Directors)
 | Film, First Released for Television or Streaming The Idea of You – Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield; Brian Sutow (Associate Casting Director), Chase Paris, Tara Feldstein (Location Casting Directors)
Flamin' Hot – Carla Hool; Jo Edna Boldin, Marie McMaster (Location Casting Directors)The Great Lillian Hall – Jessica Fox-ThigpenQuiz Lady – Nicole Abellera Hallman, Jeanne McCarthy; Erica Johnson (Associate Casting Director); Ryan Glorioso (Location Casting Director); Justin Coulter (Location Associate Casting Director)Red, White & Royal Blue – Rich Delia, Kelly Valentine Hendry; Jessica Mescall (Location Associate Casting Director)Scoop – Nina Gold, Martin Ware
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| Animated Program for Television Blue Eye Samurai (Season 1) – Margery Simkin, Orly Sitowitz; Elizabeth Vitale, Jasmine Gutierrez (Associate Casting Directors)
 | Live Action Children & Family Series Avatar: The Last Airbender (Season 1) – Michael Nicolo, Anya Colloff, Michelle Olivia Tidwell; Tiffany Mak, PoPing AuYeung (Canada an Asia Casting); Amanda Mitchell (Australia Casting); Theo Park (UK Casting)
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| Reality Series – Competition | Reality Series – Structured and Unstructured Queer Eye (Season 8) – Pamela Vallarelli, Quinn Fegan, Jessica Jorgensen, Danielle Gervais
The Great Christmas Light Fight (Season 11) – Kristen Moss; Asjai Lou, Tony Miros, Thea Washington (Casting Producers)Shark Tank (Season 15) – Mindy ZemraksMothered (Season 5) – Paul HeadVanderpump Villa (Season 1) – Damon Furberg, Heather Allyn
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| International Television Series | 
| Short Film The Roof – Candido Cornejo
Abel – Carla HoolBy Any Other Name – Shakyra DowlingGuts – Conrad WoolfeRapt – Walter Ware, Rachel ImbriglioThe Rebel Girls – Leah Daniels-Butler
 | Short Form Series Command Z – Carmen Cuba, Salvatore Schiavone
Crossing Cultures – Kristen MossNesting – Jason Knight, John BuchanRZR – Claire KoonceTales of Terror – Nickole DoroTires – Diane Heery, Jason Loftus
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Theatre
| Broadway – Comedy or Drama | Broadway – Musical | 
| New York Theatre – Comedy or Drama Oh, Mary! – Henry Russell Bergstein
Russian Troll Farm – Karyn CaslThe Comeuppance – David CaparelliotisThe Night of the Iguana – Stephanie KlapperThe Pianist – Will Cantler, Destiny Lilly; Charlie Hano (Associate Casting Director)The Welkin – Karyn Casl, Destiny Lilly
 | New York Theatre – Musical Here We Are – Bernard Telsey, Adam Caldwell; Geoff Josselson (Associate Casting Director)
Fiddler on the Roof – Geoff Josselson(pray) – Destiny LillyRent – Kevin Metzger-TimsonThe Great Gatsby – Jillian Cimini, Stephen Kopel;  Neal Buckley (Associate Casting Director)The Lonely Few – Beth Lipari, Phyllis Schuringa, Craig Burns, Destiny Lilly; Charlie Hano (Associate Casting Director)
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| Los Angeles Theatre | Regional Theatre A Strange Loop – Destiny Lilly
A Christmas Carol (Goodman Theatre) – Lauren Port; Rachael Jimenez (Associate Casting Director)Another Marriage – JC ClementzAntigone – Becca McCrackenClyde's – Stephanie KlapperFat Ham – David CaparelliotisThe Who's Tommy – Lauren Port, Merri Sugarman; Rachael Jimenez (Associate Casting Director), Spencer Gualdoni
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| Special Theatrical Performance West Side Story (Lyric Opera of Chicago) – Merri Sugarman; Becca McCracken (Location Casting Director)
 | Theatre Tours MJ the Musical – Lindsay Levine, Rachel Hoffman
Company – Merri Sugarman; Spencer Gualdoni (Associate Casting Director)Funny Girl (National Tour) – Jim Carnahan, Jason ThingerMamma Mia! – Kevin Metzger-Timson, Spencer Gualdoni (Associate Casting Director)Mrs. Doubtfire – Craig BurnsThe Wiz – Tara Rubin, Olivia Paige West
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Commercials
Honorary Awards
- Veteran casting director David Grindrod was awarded the Creative Collaboration Award. The honor is in recognition of significant and outstanding creative or professional contributions to the entertainment industry, including distinctive support of casting professionals and the art and craft of casting.
- The Rosalie Joseph Humanitarian Award was presented posthumously to Zora DeHorter.
- The Associate Casting Director / Casting Producer Spotlight Award recipients were presented to Amanda Ogen and Josy Rodriguez. The award recognizes and celebrates the achievements of Associate Casting Directors and Casting Producers in CSA.
References
- ^ Hall, Margaret (November 1, 2024). "The Outsiders, Stereophonic, Jaja's African Hair Braiding, Water For Elephants, More Nominated for 2025 Artios Awards for Casting". Playbill. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ McGovern, Joe (November 1, 2024). "Netflix Leads Casting Society's 40th Artios Awards Nominations". The Wrap. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ Rice, Lynette (November 1, 2024). "Artios Awards Nominees Revealed: Netflix Leads With 17 Nominations, HBO/Max With 6". Deadline. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ Rice, Lynette (December 17, 2024). "'Wicked' & 'Gladiator II' Among Film Nominees For 40th Annual Artios Awards; Casting Nods Also Go To 'Saturday Night' & 'Moana 2". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
 
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| Film | 
Big Budget – ComedyBig Budget – DramaStudio or Independent – ComedyStudio or Independent – DramaLow Budget – Comedy or DramaMicro Budget – Comedy or DramaAnimationNon-Theatrical ReleaseThe Zitgeist Award
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| Television | 
Television Series – ComedyTelevision Series – DramaTelevision Pilot and First Season – ComedyTelevision Pilot and First Season – DramaLimited SeriesFilm, Non-Theatrical ReleaseAnimated SeriesReality Series – CompetitionReality Series – Structured and UnstructuredLive Television Performance, Variety, or Sketch – Comedy, Drama, or MusicalChildren and Family Pilot and Series – Live Action
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| Short Form Projects | 
Short FilmShort Form Series
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| Theatre | 
New York Broadway Theatre – Comedy or DramaNew York Broadway Theatre – MusicalNew York Theatre – Comedy or DramaNew York Theatre – MusicalLos Angeles TheatreRegional TheatreSpecial Theatrical PerformanceTheatre Tours
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| Ceremonies (year held) | 
(years are of film release; ceremonies are the next year)
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