{"id":1453,"date":"2023-02-23T08:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T08:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2026-01-22T10:52:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:52:34","slug":"winners-of-the-cdg-casting-awards-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/news-and-advice\/the-industry\/winners-of-the-cdg-casting-awards-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners of The CDG Casting Awards 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Stuart Burt and Kahleen Crawford among the winners of the 2023 CDG Casting Awards<\/h3>\n<p>Now in its fifth year, the CDG Casting awards seeks to reward and celebrate the incredible work achieved by casting teams across Film, Television, Theatre and Commercials.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was held at Ham Yard Hotel on 22 February and was hosted, for a second time, by Jennifer Saunders.<\/p>\n<p>This year, a new category was added to champion the success of those casting children across all media types. 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Whilst casting is a broad and varied profession across many different art forms, what unites the members of this often overlooked role in the industry is the passion, expertise and creativity required to bring incredible casts together. These awards are not superficial, they are here to remind us of the irreplaceable role of this profession in artistic and commercial successes. A huge congratulations to all the winners this year!\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Read all the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/news-and-advice\/?tags=awards\">latest award news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The nominated productions premiered between\u00a01 September 2021 and 31 August 2022\u00a0and have been selected by members of the Casting Directors\u2019 Guild who went on to vote for the category winners.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo credit: Scarlet Page<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stuart Burt and Kahleen Crawford among the winners of the 2023 CDG Casting Awards Now in its fifth year, the CDG Casting awards seeks to reward and celebrate the incredible work achieved by casting teams across Film, Television, Theatre and Commercials. 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