AACTA Young Stars: National Youth Casting Call (Australia)

AACTA Young Stars aims to identify exceptional, diverse, bright, young screen talent across Australia and provide tangible opportunities to help them realise their dream.

Prize Information

• The finalists will be invited to the new home of the prestigious AACTA Awards, the Gold Coast, where they will have the chance to join workshops and receive mentorship from Australia’s top Casting Directors.
• Each finalist will also receive a complimentary six-month Casting Networks Premium membership, as well as the opportunity to book into a session at the Casting Networks pop up studio at HOTA on the Gold Coast.
• One overall winner will receive a true once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help launch a career in the screen industry! Including a $10,000 Flight Centre voucher and $2500 cash in travel support to fly to the United States where they will have the opportunity to meet with a renowned International Casting Director, network with key industry practitioners and participate in a weeklong workshop at Howard Fine Acting Studio in Los Angeles.
• They will also have access to The Studio by Casting Networks in Sydney for a full year and will have the chance to meet with both Australian-based Casting Directors!
• All entrants will also receive a complimentary 12 month AACTA Youth Membership!

Tips and Tricks

• Practice your script
  • Try different approaches, voices, styles and see what works.
• Set up your shot
  • Make sure you record in landscape (horizontally).
• Check your Environment
  • Make sure you have good natural light, a simple background and no background noise.
• Hold Still
  • Keep your camera/phone steady by using a tripod or prop it up on something.
• Check your frame
  • Make sure your video captures most of your body.
• Have fun
  • Give it your all and don’t hold back! Enjoy the process.

Eligibility Criteria

• An individual applicant must be between 13 and 18 years of age at the time of submission and either:
  • an Australian citizen; or
  • an Australian resident, being a person who is lawfully domiciled in Australia, and who has actually been in Australia, continuously or intermittently, for more than one half of the year immediately preceding the application.
• Applicants may submit only one entry.
• Participation in AACTA Young Stars and any related activities, including travel costs outside of the Finalist prize, is at the entrants’ own risk and expense. A limited travel grant (allocated at the discretion of AACTA) is available for finalists experiencing financial hardship, and details of the application process will be made available to finalists that make a direct enquiry.
• Applicants under the age of 18 must have permission from a parent or legal guardian.
• Application is free.

For more information, visit AACTA.