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)
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