Join us for a panel discussing the process if casting short films, working with filmmakers and the difference between short and feature length films. This panel will feature casting directors Charlotte Arnoux, Joanna Davis, Kimberly Graham and Adrienne Stern
Casting Director's Bios:
Charlotte Arnoux's casting credits include feature films such as Bunnylovr (Dir: Katarina Zhu, Prod: Rachel Sennott – Official Competition, ’25 Sundance), The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (Dir: Joanna Arnow, Prod: Sean Baker – Cannes Directors’ Fortnight ’23, streaming on Hulu), Caddo Lake (Dir: Celine Held & Logan George, Prod: M. Night Shyamalan – streaming on MAX), The Starling Girl (Dir: Laurel Parmet – Official Competition, ’23 Sundance & SXSW, streaming on Hulu), Smoking Tigers (Dir: So Young Shelly Yo – Official Competition, Tribeca ’23, streaming on MAX), After This Death (Dir: Lucio Castro – Berlinale ’25, Tribeca ’25). Her latest feature, Honeyjoon (Dir: Lilian T. Mehrel), premiered at the ’25 Tribeca Film Festival. Charlotte’s work in short films has been showcased at top festivals, including Sundance, SXSW, Austin Film Festival, Tribeca and many more. She also played a key role in casting the Netflix series Grand Army and is a proud member of the Casting Society. Charlotte also teaches acting at New York University and teaches casting at Brooklyn College Graduate Film School.
Joanna Davis has been in the industry for over 20 years. She started her career as a casting intern when she was just in high school. Throughout her first few years, Joanna worked at production companies, a talent agency, and on documentaries. Taking everything she learned in those positions, Joanna dove into her true passion for Casting by working on television shows and films consistently. Furthermore, she is so intrigued about this new surge of exploring short films and student films that the industry is finally excited about! Joanna has cast projects spanning all over the world, so she is always on the lookout for talent! View IMDb for a full list of her credits.
Kimberly Graham was previously the Associate Casting Director for Judy Henderson Casting from 2003-2019. She cast for film, television, commercials and theater. Her former office were the pioneers for voice over casting for video games, primarily the Grand Theft Auto series. Judy and Kimberly have cast for Off-Broadway theaters such as The New Group, The Play Company, The Director’s Company and Pig Iron Theater Company in Philadelphia. Kimberly has helped cast such films as AVATAR, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2, and Rick Linklater’s BEFORE MIDNIGHT among others. Her work on HOMELAND for SHOWTIME has garnered numerous awards, including ARTIOS and EMMY AWARDS for outstanding casting in a drama. Kimberly has done casting workshops in NYC, LA, Boston, DC, Savannah, Atlanta, Memphis, Birmingham ,Austin, New Orleans, Jacksonville, Philadelphia, Miami, Paris, Berlin, Zagreb, Tel Aviv, Rome, Barcelona, Brussels, Prague, Palma de Mallorca and London among others. She is a former adjunct faculty member at City College of New York teaching "Acting for the Camera" and an invited teaching guest at NYU, Stonestreet Studios, AMDA, AADA, and The Johnny Carson School of Television and Film in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Adrienne Stern is a seasoned Casting Director and ARTIOS winner whose films have premiered at Sundance, TIFF, Cannes, Tribeca, Berlin, SXSW, HIFF, Woodstock, Seattle, Venice and many other prominent film festivals, taking home first place prestigious awards that have led to distribution deals and launched actor’s careers… Ms. Stern well known films include The Believer starring Ryan Gosling,”Thirteen Conversations About One Thing” starring Matthew McConaughey, “Broken English” starring Parker Posey and Justin Theroux, “Joseph Pulitzer” starring Live Schreiber, Sebastian Stan, Billy Magnussen, Lauren Ambrose, Rachel Brosnahan and Adam Driver as the Narrator. Ms. Stern was the Casting Director of The New York Sundance Writers Lab Reading Series from 1996-2005, and has been on both the selection committee and jury for the Gen Art Film Festival. She has been a judge for the Chelsea Film Festival. She is an Artios winner and member of BAFTA, IFP, CSA, NYWIFT TV Academy and Ensemble Studio Theatre. She was a previous Board member of The Greenwich International Film Festival and The First Time Fest.
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation Short Film Showcase has returned after a five-year hiatus. This program recognizes excellent short films and other shortform content made by and/or starring SAG-AFTRA members and inspires SAG-AFTRA members to create their own content, providing them with a toolkit and the requisite knowledge to get started as content creators.
