2024 Casting Guild of Australia Awards: winners

Winners of the 10th annual CGA Casting Guild Awards were announced last night at a ceremony at Establishment Hotel, Sydney.

Connor and Christiaan Van Vurren presented the night with guest producer Sally Riley.

Amongst the TV winners were casting directors on Boy Swallows Universe, Windcatcher, Colin from Accounts and Erotic Stories.

Lucky Price took out the award for ‘Achievement in Casting’ for Cerebral Palsy Alliance.

The CGA also formally recognised this year’s CGA Rising Stars, emerging talent with the potential to break out on the world stage:

Alyla Browne (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart),
Courtney Monsma (Wicked the Musical Australia, Paper Dolls),
Danny Ball (Loaded, Totally Completely Fine),
Felix Cameron (Boy Swallows Universe, Penguin Bloom),
Grace Chow (Mystery Road: Origin, The Twelve),
Janet Anderson (Last King of the Cross, Collapsible),
Lee Tiger Halley (Boy Swallows Universe, Crazy Fun Park),
Megan Wilding (Gold Diggers, We Are Still Here),
Michael Logo (Colin From Accounts, In Limbo),
and Michael Theo (Love on the Spectrum, Austin).

TV and related categories (winners in bold):

Best Casting in a Feature Film

• Furiosa – Nikki Barrett
• Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes – Danny Long (Australia) with Debra Zane (US)
• Runt – Kirsty McGregor and Annie Murtagh-Monks
• Windcatcher – Nathan Lloyd

Best Casting in a TV Drama

• Erotic Stories (Episodes 2-7) – Amanda Mitchell
• Ladies In Black – Anousha Zarkesh
• Swift Street – Anousha Zarkesh
• The Twelve Season 2 – Kirsty McGregor

Best Casting in a TV Comedy

• Austin – Amanda Mitchell
• Colin From Accounts Season 2 – Kirsty McGregor and Stevie Ray
• Population 11 – Anousha Zarkesh
• Time Bandits – Alison Telford, Kate Leonard with Des Hamilton, Tina Cleary and Miranda Rivers

Best Casting in a Telemovie/TV Miniseries

• Boy Swallows Universe – Nikki Barrett
• Exposure – Nikki Barrett
• Fake – Nathan Lloyd
• Human Error – Kirsty McGregor

Achievement in Casting

• Cerebral Palsy Alliance – Lucky Price
• Neighbours – Thea McLeod
• Planet Lulin – Nick Hamon and Amy Mete
• Touch – Stevie Ray

The CGA Awards are the only casting awards ceremony in the southern hemisphere that celebrates and recognises casting across all mediums including film, television, advertising, theatre and online content.