II Russian Casting-Directors Guild Puzzle Award 2023

Премия Гильдии кастинг-директоров 2023
9 апреля в «Электротеатре Станиславский» состоялась первая премия Гильдии кастинг-директоров
Official Award Partners
The first internal Guild Awards Ceremony was held in 2021.
In 2023, the Awards Ceremony took place on April 9 at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre.
Awarded annually.
Putting the Puzzle Together is perhaps the most accurate way to describe the work of a Casting Director. It is an intellectual challenge—a complex puzzle in which countless unique pieces must come together to create a single, complete picture. Every actor is a distinct piece, and only when each one finds exactly the right place does the story become whole.
Two-Stage Voting
2023 Award Nominees
Category
1
Best Casting in a Feature Film
2
Best Casting in a Television Series
3
Best Casting of Supporting Roles

4
Best Actor – Casting Directors’ Choice
5
Best Actress – Casting Directors’ Choice
6
Breakthrough Talent (Non-Professional Actor)
7
Best Acting Debut
8
Outstanding Contribution to the Development of the Casting Director Profession
The Casting Director is an essential creative force behind every film and television project. Today, the profession is gaining the recognition it deserves and is entering a new stage of development within the Russian film industry. We sincerely thank all our guests for joining us on this historic occasion and warmly congratulate the winners in every award category.
On April 9, the Guild of Casting Directors of Russia held its first Awards Ceremony at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre, marking a historic milestone for the profession of Casting Directors in Russia.

I. Category


Best Acting Debut

All nominees

II. Category


Best Actress – Casting Directors’ Choice

WINNER

V. Category


Best Casting of

Supporting Roles

All nominees
All nominees
WINNER

III. Category


Best Actor – Casting Directors’ Choice

WINNER

VI. Category


Best Casting in a

Television Series

All nominees
All nominees
WINNER

IV. Category


Breakthrough Talent (Non-Professional Actor)

VII. Category


Best Casting in a

Feature Film

WINNER
All nominees
All nominees

VIII. Category


Outstanding Contribution to the Development of the Casting Director Profession

WINNER
All nominees
WINNER
WINNER
Media Publications
1. Winner: Denis Prytkov – “Kapelnik”
Director: Ilya Aksyonov, Casting Director: Maria Sudnitsyna
2. Elizaveta Bazykina – “Two to One”
Director: Valery Todorovsky, Casting Director: Tatyana Talkova
3. Elena Erbakova – “Heart of Parma”
Director: Anton Megerdichev, Casting Director: Natalia Troitskaya
4. Pavel Chernyshev – “A Thousand Cheap Lighters”
Director: Irina Obidova, Casting Directors: Alla Petelina, Ekaterina Lobanova
5. Kuzma Kotrelev –“YUZZZ”
Director: Stas Ivanov
Casting Directors: Ekaterina Syomina, Vladimir Ruzanov
6. Darya Balabanova - "Karamora"
Director: Danila Kozlovsky, Casting Director: Olga Dubovitskaya
Photo by Alexander Botkov
1.Winner: Elizaveta Yankovskaya – “Nika”
Director: Vasilisa Kuzmina, Casting Director: Ekaterina Malyutina
2. Evgeniya Dobrovolskaya – “Winter Season”
Director: Svetlana Ustinova, Casting Director: Vladimir Golov
3. Elizaveta Ishchenko - "Alice Can’t Wait"
Director: Natalia Meshchaninova, Casting Director: Tatyana Khrechkova
4. Ольга Тумайкина – “Your Honor”
Director: Konstantin Statsky, Casting Directors: Ekaterina Dubrovskaya, Boris Rzhezak
5. Anna Sinyakina – “Two to One”
Director: Valery Todorovsky, Casting Director: Tatyana Talkova
6. Lyudmila Vasilyeva – "Products 24"
Director: Mikhail Borodin, Casting Director: Elina Ternyayeva
Photo by Alexander Botkov
1. Winner: Anton Kuznetsov – “YUZZZ”
Director: Stas Ivanov
Casting Directors: Ekaterina Syomina, Vladimir Ruzanov
2. Roman Vasilyev – “Identification”
Director: Vladlena Sandu, Casting Directors: Elena Abramova, Ekaterina Dubrovskaya
3. Daniil Vorobyov – “Your Honor”
Director: Konstantin Statsky, Casting Directors: Ekaterina Dubrovskaya, Boris Rzhezak
4. Askar Ilyasov – “Patient Zero”
Directors: Sergey Trofimov, Evgeny Stychkin, Casting Director: Tatevik Zalinyan
5. Vladimir Kanukhin – “The End of the World”
Director: Alexander Nezlobin, Casting Directors: Alla Petelina, Ekaterina Lobanova
6. Sergey Gilev – “Black Spring”
Directors: Sergey Taramaev, Lyubov Lvova, Casting Director: Alexandra Larina
Photo by Alexander Botkov
1. Winner: Nikita Nikitin – “Kapelnik”
Director: Ilya Aksyonov, Casting Director: Maria Sudnitsyna
2. Фарди Самедов – "YUZZZ"
Director: Stas Ivanov, Casting Directors: Ekaterina Syomina, Vladimir Ruzanov

3. Gio Pika – “Your Honor”
Director: Konstantin Statsky, Casting Directors: Ekaterina Dubrovskaya, Boris Rzhezak
4. Anastasia Ivleeva – “Monastery”
Director: Alexander Molochnikov, Casting Directors: Maria Gogotova, Olga Khenkina
5. Anastasia Reznik – “Kapelnik”
Director: Ilya Aksyonov, Casting Director: Maria Sudnitsyna
6. Maria Abashova – “Monastery”
Director: Alexander Molochnikov, Casting Directors: Maria Gogotova, Olga Khenkina
Photo by Alexander Botkov
6. “Your Honor”
Director: Konstantin Statsky, Casting Directors: Ekaterina Dubrovskaya, Boris Rzhezak
5. “I Don’t Care Who You Are”
Directors: Oksana Mafagel, Elizaveta Varvara Aranova, Svetlana Samoshina, Casting Directors: Egor Nersisyan, Natalia Korsukova
4. “The Artist”
Director: Timur Alpatov, Casting Director: Polina Bystritskaya
3. “Union of Salvation. Time of Fury”
Directors: Nikita Vysotsky, Ilya Lebedev, Casting Director: Anna Kevorkova
2. “1703”
Director: Sergey Sentsov, Casting Director: Anzhela Karpova
1.Winner: “Black Spring”
Directors: Sergey Taramaev, Lyubov Lvova, Casting Director: Alexandra Larina
Photo by Alexander Botkov
1. Winner: "YUZZZ"
Director: Stas Ivanov, Casting Directors: Ekaterina Syomina, Vladimir Ruzanov
2. "Alice Can’t Wait"
Director: Natalia Meshchaninova, Casting Director: Tatyana Khrechkova
3. "Kidney"
Director: Maria Shulgina, Casting Director: Elena Mikhailova
4. "Mutual Consent"
Director: Valeriya Gai Germanika, Casting Director: Anna Nosul
5. "Karamora"
Director: Danila Kozlovsky, Casting Director: Olga Dubovitskaya
6. "Kapelnik"
Director: Ilya Aksyonov, Casting Director: Maria Sudnitsyna
Photo by Alexander Botkov
1. Winner: "Heart of Parma"
Director: Anton Megerdichev, Casting Director: Natalya Troitskaya
2. "Products 24"
Director: Mikhail Borodin, Casting Director: Elina Ternyayeva
3. "The Dorm"
Director: Anton Maslov, Casting Director: Yulia Drobysheva
4. "Distant Close Ones"
Director: Ivan Sosnin, Casting Director: Ekaterina Isakova

5. "Nika"
Director: Vasilisa Kuzmina, Casting Director: Ekaterina Malyutina
6. "The Execution"
Director: Lado Kvataniya Casting Directors: Vladimir Golov, Margarita Sayapina
Photo by Alexander Botkov
WINNERS:
  1. Tamara Odintsova
  2. Tatyana Pronina
  3. Tatyana Komarova
  4. Tatyana Maksakova
Photo by Alexander Botkov
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