SUNDANCE Online Casting Director Event - Showcase to THREE top Film/TV Casting Directors

Thursday, January 11, 2024, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT

Every year brings tons of film festivals both worldwide and in the US where new films are screened, marketed and hopefully given distribution deals.

It's a filmmakers dream!

It's also the dream of many actors to be discovered in those films that land in major film festivals as well. Careers are started by being in the right project at the right time.

We're excited to have THREE top Casting Directors whose films have either currently or in the past been at Sundance Film Festival, the largest independent film festival in the United States. 

This event will start off with a virtual Q&A. You'll then be showcasing to our panel and get immediate feedback on your performance so you can continue to make smarter and more powerful choices in this ever-changing career.

This panel includes:

- Jordan Bass, Bass Casting - Bi-Coastal Casting Office!

- Eve Battaglia, Eve Battaglia Casting

- Caroline Sinclair, Caroline Sinclair Casting

***Please note that Guests are subject to change.

***Actors Connection provides readers for all events

EVENT OVERVIEW:

This event will start off with a virtual Q&A.

You'll then be showcasing to our panel in a group format, and get immediate feedback on your performance so you can continue to make smarter and more powerful choices in this ever-changing career.

WHAT TO PREPARE:

For this event, please bring in your own scene of choice (no more than 2 minutes in length) that you feel best showcases your strengths as an actor. If you do not have your own scene, you can select a scene from the General Sides database (link located in your Actors Connection account upon registration).

Please email jess@actorsconnection.com your scene choice AS AN ATTACHMENT (file should be labeled YourName_CHARACTER) by 5pm (EST) the DAY BEFORE the event.

Please follow the procedures listed below:

• Please update your headshot and fill out the MY INFO section of your AC account upon registration.

• The room will be open 30 minutes before the event is scheduled to start. Please arrive at least 10 MINUTES before your event begins as your host will give important information about the event at this time.

• Instructions and the ZOOM link for access to this online event will be emailed to you in advance. If you have not received the link by one hour before the event, please reach out to registration@actorsconnection.com.

Additional Information:

Our online office hours are 9am-6pm Monday-Friday

If you have an emergency for a class you are participating in outside of these hours, please email help@actorsconnection.com and your host will be able to respond.

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Jordan Bass

www.basscasting.com | Bass Casting is a bi-coastal casting & production company -- is the brother-sister team of Lauren & Jordan who specialize in curating strong ensemble casts in film, television, & new media projects.  

Past features include WIND RIVER starring Jeremy Renner & Elizabeth Olsen, IZZY GETS THE F&^% ACROSS TOWN starring Mackenzie Davis, Carrie Coon, LaKeith Stanfield & Alia Shawkat, ALL THE GOOD ONES GET AWAY starring Claire Forlani, Titus Welliver & Jake Abel, Other film credits include New Line's ANNABELLE, Blumhouse's MARTYRS directed by the Goetz Bros, HBO/Project Greenlight's THE LEISURE CLASS directed by Jason Mann, HARD SELL starring Kristen Chenoweth & Skyler Gisondo, MINE starring Armie Hammer and Annabelle Wallis, Chris Sparling's THE ATTICUS INSTITUTE, LOUDER THAN BOMBS directed by Joachim Trier (LA casting), THE LAST EXORCISM produced by Eli Roth SUMMER OF 8 starring Shelley Hennig, Bailey Noble, Carter Jenkins & Matt Shively, HOUSE CAT starring Rhys Wakefield & Danielle Campbell, CUT TO THE CHASE starring Lance Henriksen & Lyndie Greenwood.and the Slamdance hit WEATHER GIRL.  

Television credits include Ed Burns' TNT series "PUBLIC MORALS" (LA casting/pilot), the Starz drama "SPARTACUS: BLOOD & SAND", CW Seed's "BEERFEST", YouTube Red's "HYPERLINKED", Nickelodeon's “DANCE ON SUNSET” and “BIG TIME RUSH”, DirectTV's "SUIT UP", HDNet's "SVETLANA", Vin Diesel's "THE ROPES", and Vuguru's "THE TEMP AGENCY".

Caroline Sinclair

Caroline Sinclair (CSA) originally from London is a noted NYC based casting director, with two decades of casting Film, TV, Theater and New Media.

Her recent credits include THE GARDEN LEFT BEHIND,  which just won the Audience Award (Visions) at SXSW 2019. Some other credits include GOTTI, starring John Travolta, the psychological thriller DIERY,  the soon to be released GREEN DOLPHIN, EP by Keanu Reeves, Michael Mailer's BLIND, with Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore. Past films include BAD HURT, which opened at the Tribeca Fim Festival, Independent Spirit Nominated BOMB THE SYSTEM, THE LIVING WAKE with Jessie Eisenberg, and indie hit PARTY GIRL. She is currently working on the Civil Rights biopic SON OF THE SOUTH.

Follow this link to view her full Film/TV credits on IMDB.

Eve Battaglia

One of NY's top indie film casting directors, EVE BATTAGLIA is best known for casting the Oscar-nominated TRANSAMERICA and was the US Casting Director for the hit Netflix series LILYHAMMER which starred Steve Van Zandt (Sopranos, E Street Band). Currently, Eve is working on TWO indie features. One of her recent indie features SWAN SONG starring Udo Kier, Jennifer Coolidge and Michael Urie and directed by Todd Stephens is 92% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and up for a variety of awards. Eve is nominated for an Artios Award for SWAN SONG and it's also up for two Indie Indie Spirit awards.
 

She's also known for bringing in tons of AC actors for her many projects! Eve's recent projects include: PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN which premiered at the Toronto Film fesitval 2017, THE TRANSFIGURATION which premiered at Cannes in the prestigious Un Certain Regard section and is nominated for an Indie Spirit award.

Past projects include: the indie feature MATCH starring Patrick Stewart, Matthew Lillard and Carla Gugino, the feature film LULLABY starring Richard Jenkins, Jennifer Hudson and Amy Adams, BLUE CAPRICE starring Isaiah Washington premiered at Sundance 2013, was opening night for New Directors/New films at MOMA and was nominated for an Indie Spirit award and two Gotham Awards.

Follow this link for all of Eve's credits