Casting Society Announces 2026 Artios Awards Nominees

The Casting Society of America has revealed the nominees for the 41st Annual Artios Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements in casting for film, television, theater, commercials and short-form series.

The Artios Awards honor the creative work of casting directors and their teams whose efforts help shape storytelling across screens and stages. This year’s nominees span major studio releases, independent features, international projects and scripted television.

The 41st Annual Artios Awards will take place on Thursday, February 26, 2026, with ceremonies hosted simultaneously in Los Angeles, New York and London. Coverage of winners and highlights will follow.

Casting Networks congratulates all of this year’s nominees for their exceptional work and contributions to the craft of casting.

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2026 Artios Awards Nominees

Feature: Big Budget (Comedy)

Jay Kelly — Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold, Associate Casting Director: Matthew Glasner; Location Casting Directors: Francesco Vedovati, Barbara Giordani

Materialists — Douglas Aibel; Associate Casting Director: Matthew Glasner

The Naked Gun — Carmen Cuba; Associate Casting Director: Judith Sunga; Location Casting Directors: Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris

The Phoenician Scheme — Douglas Aibel (US Casting), Jina Jay (UK Casting), Alexandra Montag (German Casting); Associate Casting Director: Matthew Glasner

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery — Mary Vernieu, Bret Howe; Location Casting Director: Martin Ware; Location Associate Casting Director: Olivia Brittain

Wicked: For Good — Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield; Associate Casting Director: Ryan Bernard Tymensky; Location Casting Director: Tamsyn Manson

Feature: Big Budget (Drama)

Bugonia — Jennifer Venditti; Associate Casting Director: Alan Scott Neal

F1: The Movie — Lucy Bevan, Emily Brockmann; Associate Casting Director: Katie Brydon; Location Casting Directors: Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris, Tara Mazzucca

Frankenstein — Robin D. Cook; Associate Casting Director: Jonathan Oliveira

Hamnet — Nina Gold; Associate Casting Director: Lucy Amos

Marty Supreme — Jennifer Venditti; Associate Casting Director: Alan Scott Neal; Location Casting Director: Ko Iwagami

Sinners — Francine Maisler; Associate Casting Directors: Molly Rose, Amber Wakefield; Location Casting Director: Meagan Lewis

Feature: Studio or Independent (Drama)

Blue Moon — Olivia Scott-Webb; Associate Casting Director: Simon Higgins

Eleanor the Great — Ellen Lewis, Kate Sprance; Associate Casting Director: Leah Shapiro

Nuremberg — John Papsidera, Anna Kennedy; Associate Casting Director: Emily Bohbrink; Location Casting Director: Francesco Vedovati

Pillion — Kahleen Crawford

Sentimental Value — Avy Kaufman

Train Dreams — Avy Kaufman; Location Casting Director: Nike Imoru

Feature: Studio or Independent (Comedy)

Eternity — Tiffany Mak, Chelsea Ellis Bloch, Marisol Roncali

Friendship — Melissa DeLizia

Oh, Hi! — Kate Geller; Associate Casting Director: Ross Shenker

Rental Family — Kei Kawamura

The Wedding Banquet — Jenny Jue; Associate Casting Director: Candice Elzinga

Twinless — Jessica Munks; Location Casting Director: Simon Max Hill

Feature: Low Budget (Comedy or Drama)

All That We Love — Charlene Lee; Associate Casting Director: Danny Gordon

Bob Trevino Likes It — Kate Geller; Associate Casting Director: Ross Shenker

Griffin in Summer — Betsy Ware Fippinger; Location Casting Director: Erica Arvold

Plainclothes — Bernard Telsey, Adam Caldwell, Amelia Rasche McCarthy

Sorry, Baby — Jessica Kelly; Location Casting Directors: Lisa Lobel, Angela Peri; Associate: Melissa Morris

We Strangers — Erica A. Hart; Location Casting Director: Lauren Port

Feature: International

Kokuho — Masunobu Motokawa

Sound of Falling — Karimah El-Giamal

The Fisherman — Mawuko Kuadzi

Feature: Animated

Elio — Natalie Lyon, Kevin Reher, Kate Hansen-Birnbaum; Associate Casting Director: Lexi Diamond

The Bad Guys 2 — Christi Soper Hilt; Associate Casting Director: Lara Boushehri

Zootopia 2 — Grace C. Kim

Casting Networks once again congratulates the nominees for their achievements.