etalenta is a Non-Profit casting platform with over 90.000 members throughout Europe.
We work on a non-profit basis – exclusively in the interests of our members.
Our primary goals are equal opportunities, transparency and visibility for actresses and actors.
The platform is run professionally and to a high standard and is constantly being developed for and with our members.
“Due to time constraints, we rarely manage to update individual actor homepages or agency profiles, which is why it is so important to have current and complete database entries. It is also essential to have an up-to-date showreel in your database profile, with material that is no more than 2-3 years old. If you don’t have any newer material, an up-to-date “About Me” clip is a good interim solution.”
“etalenta is a fabulous resource.
It offers a wide range of talents we would normally not be able to reach, and we always end up booking!”
“etalenta enables me to co-operate with professionals from all over the world, and takes me on adventures I could only dream of.”
“etalenta makes the casting process quick and painless, allowing us to be agile and international”
“Every day, I look at dozens of photos, materials, show reels, and videos.
In my work system, and especially when searching the internet, the first step in getting me interested in an actor or actress is a photo.
And the most important thing is that it should be a current and good photo. Something that tells me that it is worth getting to know this actor, asking for materials, or meeting for a screen test.
But to be discovered, it is good to first have a good profile, i.e., one that contains complete information.”
“etalenta was recommended to me by a casting director, who had cast me in a short earlier this year. Within the first 4 months of joining, I landed my first lead role in an international feature film.”
“Actors have nowadays more opportunities than ever to cross borders and not to work only in our country, and etalenta is an excellent platform from which to develop our international career.”
“For me as a multi-lingual actress it is really important to work across borders.”
“etalenta is a terrific international casting platform which hasn’t just offered me great opportunities but has got me in touch with some of the best people in this industry.”
Why I like working with etalenta: for the international scope of the platform
How the platform has helped me in my casting work: I find that it is always very useful to find information about the artists that is sometimes missing on the agencies’ websites, such as their date of birth and provenance, or data such as height and completeness of skills.
Why it is important to have a complete and up-to-date profile: Precisely for the above reason. The more an actor creates a complete profile, the more useful it is for us Casting Directors, also in order to appear in searches, e.g. according to languages or accents or very specific sports or artistic skills.
“Via etalenta I am able to get in touch with professionals of different cultural backgrounds and gain new adventures.”
“Thanks to its focus on self-tapes and integrated live-video-CASTING feature, etalenta gives me the tools to expand the scope of my professional career to all of Europe.”
“As a French actor it is important to be seen on international level. This is why I chose to be on etalenta: because you are connected to casting director from around the world.”
etalenta is a very useful platform for finding actors, especially if you are looking for special characteristics such as knowledge of a language or a particular skill. It has helped me a lot in several cases.
Using the platform is simple and intuitive.
I think it is important for actors to be present on etalenta and to make sure that their profile contains as much information as possible and is constantly updated, so that Casting Directors can easily find them.
“For us Casting Directors, who increasingly have to widen the scope of our searches beyond our borders, it is very important that actors and their agents are as detailed as possible about the actors’ and actresses’ skills, particularly with regard to languages (level, dialects, accents etc…). etalenta is an invaluable tool because it offers complete profiles (if the actors have filled them in!) in France and internationally. Take advantage of this opportunity!”
“Acting is a need, not just a job. Thanks to etalenta i get to do what I love most.”
“The more content an actor has on the site, good photographs, updated showreel and screen clips and an up to date CV the better it is for me, I like to use etalenta to search for exciting talent outside of the UK so getting to see as much of your work as possible means I can get the best sense of the type of actor/actress you are.”
“This casting site is fantastic. I recommend it to actors and filmmakers alike. We used it for my recent comedy feature BIGFOOT JE T’AIME shot in LA and the French countryside.
The level of European talent we got to audition was impressive and truly made our film stronger and funnier. I’m very grateful to etalenta, and hope to work with them again.”
“This business is about knowing your business, and etalenta is a great platform for that”
