About

For over 20 years, Casting Director Ana Dávila has successfully cast feature films, TV series, commercials, short films, and music videos. Among these are award-winning works such as Oskar Roehler’s Die Unberührbare (No Place to Go), Ralf Schmerberg’s Poem, Blind und Hässlich (Blind and Ugly) from Tom Lass, as well as many TV Series and countless high-end commercials including international campaigns.

During the course of her career, Ana has been responsible for more than 600 productions. Thus she is able to draw on an immense pool of experience, which allows her to assemble the most harmonious cast for each production precisely and diligently.

In the years 2020 and 2021, she was nominated for the Casting Award from the German Academy for Television (DAfF) in recognition of her work on the casting of the tv series “Deutscher” and the tv feature film “Im Abgrund”.

Ana Dávila is a member of the Bundesverband Casting e.V. (BVC, Federal Association of Casting)

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SELECTION OF AWARDS  & FESTIVALS | FILM & TV

Himmel & Erde – Небо та Земля | TV Mini-Series (Production: Studio Zentral)
Grimme Award Nomination 2023

Martha Liebermann | TV Movie
Festival de Television Monte-Carlo 2022 | Golden Nymph Award | Best Film 2022
Festival de Television Monte-Carlo 2022 | Golden Nymph Award | Thekla Carola Wied | Best Actress 2022

Im Abgrund | TV Movie
German Television Academy Award 2021
Nominee for Best Casting | Casting Director Ana Dávila
Shared with: Anna Kowalski (Kids casting)
Official Selection | Munich International Filmfestival 2020

Liebe. Jetzt!  | TV Mini-Series (Production: Studio Zentral)
Grimme Award Nomination 2021

@Kalinka08 | TV Movie (Production: Studio Zentral)
Grimme Award Nomination 2021

Deutscher | TV Mini-Series 
German Television Academy Award 2020
Nominee for Best Casting | Casting Director Ana Dávila
Shared with: Angelika Buschina (Casting Teenage Roles)

Deine Farbe | Your Color   | Feature Film
53.Internationale Hofer Filmtage  | Official Selection 2019
Diorama International Filmfestival  | Official Selection 2020
Vegas Movie Awards | Official Selection 2020
Vegas Movie Awards 2020 | Best Narrative Feature | Competition February 2020
Vegas Movie Awards 2020 | Best Woman Filmmaker Marie Diane Ventura |  Competition February 2020

London International Film Festival 2020
Nomination Best Feature Film: Marie Diane Ventura
Nomination Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Nyamandi Adrian
Nomination Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Jannik Schümann
Nomination Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Juan Carlos Lo Sasso
Nomination Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Romina Küper

Calella Film Festival 2020
Best direction win : Marie Diane Ventura
Best Actor win : Nyamandi Adrian
Best Actor win : Jannik Schümann

Soho International Film Festival 2020 | Official Selection

 

Blind und Hässlich | Blind and Ugly | Feature Film
German Film Critics Association Award | Best Performance | Clara Schramm and Naomi Achternbusch 2017
Fipresci Award |  Munich Film Festival  2017
Seymour Cassel Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble | Oldenburg Film Festival 2017
German Independence Award | Audience Award | Best Film | Nomination | Oldenburg Film Festival 2017
Publikumspreis | Festival des Deutschen Kinofilms Mainz  2017

 

Meine Bäckerblume | My Bakery Blossom | Short
Best Romantic Short Award | Int. Ind. Permanent Memories Festival  2017
Best Film, Best Director and Audience Award | Nominations | Sup’ de Courts Europ. Short Film Festival Paris  2017
Best Foreign Short Film, Best Supporting Actress | Laura Berlin | Nominations | Twister Alley Intern. Filmfestival 2017

 

Unkraut im Paradies | TV Movie
Best Feature Film | Filmfest Schleswig-Holstein  2010
Best New Director | Norddeutscher Filmpreis  2010

 

Zwei zu Dritt | TV Movie
Audience Award for Best Director | International Young Filmmakers Festival of Granada  2008
Audience Award | Dreilandfestival  2008

 

Homeland Security | Short
Best Short Film | Nomination | Max Ophüls Festival  2005

 

Poem | Ich setzte den Fuß in die Luft und sie trug | I Set My Foot upon the Air and it Carried Me
Feature Film
Grimme Online Award  2004

 

Nach grauen Tagen | Short
Zebra Poetry Film Award  2004

 

Die Unberührbare | No Place to Go |  Feature Film
Best Feature Film | German Film Awards in Gold  2000
Best Leading Actress | Hannelore Elsner | German Film Awards 2000
Best Actress | Hannelore Elsner | Bavarian Film Awards  2000
Best Actress | Hannelore Elsner | Chicago International Film Festival 2000
Best Feature Film | Cinequest San Jose Film Festival 2001
Best Feature Film | German Film Critics Association Awards  2000
and many others

 

SELECTION OF AWARDS | ADVERTISING PROJECTS

Axe | Find Your Magic
Bronze Winner / Category Commercials / Clio Awards 2016

 

G-Idee | Niemand mag Socken zu Weihnachten (No One Likes Socks for Christmas)
Award / TV Cinema Single Commercial / ADC 2016
Award / TV Cinema Campaign / ADC 2015

 

Fonic | Der Mann, der immer die Wahrheit sagt (The Man Who always Tells the Truth)
Award | Filmcraft Casting | Best Casting | ADC 2013

 

Adidas miCoach | Heiner Brand
Reklamefilmpreis | Best Casting 2012

 

Virgin Mobile Media | Fantastic Journey
Gold / TV Cinema Online / London International Awards  2012

 

Mercedes Benz | 4matics
Bronze / TV Cinema Single Commercial  ADC 2008

 

HypoVereinsbank | Bumpers / Jürgen Vogel & Liselotte Pulver
Bronze / Category TV Commercials / ADC Germany / 2002

 

United Nations Foundation | UN PSA Aids Kids
Gold Bell / AD Council / 2002

 

HypoVereinsbank | Different Planet
Bronze / Category TV Commercials / ADC Germany / 2000