The Mediterranean Film Festival Split, in collaboration with Filmmakers, the leading casting and selection system in Europe, invite you for a one-day casting workshop "Visibility of Croatian Talent", that will be led by renowned casting directors Kate Rhodes James and Francesco Vedovati.

Kate Rhodes James is one of the UK’s best-known Casting Directors who has worked across film and television for over twenty years. Kate has cast innumerable large-scale projects, such as House of the Dragon, Interview with the Vampire, Line of Duty, Bodyguard, and Sherlock. Kate has extensively worked as Casting Director alongside Ridley Scott, with recent high-profile projects including Gladiator 2, Napoleon, House of Gucci, The Last Duel, Alien Earth, The Terror. She’s just finishing a piece about the Kennedys for Netflix. In 2026, she was honored with the Capelier-Shaw Artios Award for Excellence in Casting.

Francesco Vedovati has been working as a casting director in Italian cinema for several decades. In 2023, he received an Emmy Award for his work on the drama series The White Lotus (Season 2). He also cast the Oscar-nominated film Io, Capitano (2024), and was previously nominated for a BAFTA for The Two Popes, as well as multiple Artios Awards from the Casting Society of America for projects including Fargo and Ripley. In 2024, he was honored with the Capelier-Shaw Artios Award for Excellence in Casting, followed in 2025 by the Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Studio or Independent Feature – Drama for Conclave.

The workshop will be held at the Split Development Agency (RaST), taking place on:

Tuesday, 16th of June 2026

9am - 2pm, Group Workshop

To apply you need to submit a One-Minute Monologue in English, following the link.

Deadline for applications is June 1st 2026, 23:59 CET.