Cinema Audio Society (CAS)

01/24/2025

Celebrating the nominees for this year’s CAS Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing in the Motion Pictures – Animated category. Congratulations to the incredible teams behind Inside Out 2, Moana 2, Mufasa: The Lion King, The Wild Robot, and Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl!

01/23/2025

Congratulations to everyone involved in the sound of this year’s Oscar-nominated films! And a special shout-out to the CAS members who have made incredible contributions to these projects:

A Complete Unknown: Tod A. Maitland CAS, Paul Massey CAS, David Giammarco CAS
Dune: Part Two: Ron Bartlett CAS
Wicked: Simon Hayes CAS, Andy Nelson CAS
The Wild Robot: Randy Thom CAS, Gary A. Rizzo CAS

Best of luck to all the nominees!

01/22/2025

Taking a look back at last year’s incredible CAS Award honorees, J.J. Abrams was celebrated as the Filmmaker of the Year at the 60th Annual CAS Awards. His visionary approach to sound in filmmaking has left an indelible mark on the industry, from his iconic storytelling to his groundbreaking sound design.

And get ready for the 2025 CAS Awards where we are excited to celebrate Denis Villeneuve — get your tickets now at cinemaaudiosociety.org!

01/07/2025

Cinema Audio Society Reveals Nominations for 61st Annual CAS Awards, Honoring Outstanding Sound Mixing in 2024

LOS ANGELES — Jan. 7, 2025 — The Cinema Audio Society today announced its nominees in seven categories for the 61st Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 2024. The 61st CAS Awards will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton. Tickets are now availabl...

12/17/2024

“A loving attention to detail in sound design.” For your consideration in all categories, including BEST PICTURE and BEST SOUND.

12/12/2024

Cinema Audio Society Announces Finalists for the 2024 Student Recognition Award

LOS ANGELES – December 12, 2024 — The Cinema Audio Society announces its 11th Student Recognition Award finalists today. The finalists are invited to attend the 61st CAS Awards in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on February 22, 2025, where the recipient of the CAS Student Recognition Award wil...

12/10/2024

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN is “One of the Best Films of the Year” | FYC in all categories including Best Sound.

12/02/2024

Steven Spielberg hails MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS is, “a well-deserved tribute for a man who has created the purest form of art I have ever experienced from any human being.” Consider the CCA Documentary Award WINNER in all categories.

11/27/2024

CAS Quarterly Winter 2025 is Here!

https://cinemaaudiosociety.org/cas-quarterly/

11/26/2024

Cinema Audio Society Updates Television Eligibility Period for CAS Awards 2024

LOS ANGELES — Nov. 26, 2024 — In response to feedback from its members and careful deliberation by the Board of Directors, the Cinema Audio Society (CAS) has updated the eligibility period for television submissions. Moving forward, the eligibility window for television will now align with that ...

11/19/2024

Denis Villeneuve to Receive Cinema Audio Society Filmmaker Award

LOS ANGELES – Nov. 19 — Acclaimed Director Denis Villeneuve will receive the Cinema Audio Society’s Filmmaker of the Year Award at the 61st CAS Awards on Saturday, February 22, 2025, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. “Denis Villeneuve is a trailblazer in the world of cinema...

10/24/2024

Sounding Board 4.0 was a resounding success!

Thanks to everyone who came - we were sold out with 250 attendees! It was an amazing day, with networking across production and post, panels filled with knowledgeable experts, and great community-building.

Thanks to MPSE (Motion Picture Sound Editors ) for their collaboration in putting on this annual event, and we look forward to it being even bigger and better next year.

We want to thank our sponsors asgllc and Shure, our vendors K-Tek, PMC Speakers, apogeedigital, AEA Ribbon Mics, and Guitar Center. We also want to thank all of the production mixers who brought their carts and equipment for our Parade of Carts.

Special thanks to USC (USC School of Cinematic Arts) for hosting, especially Midge Costin and Richard Burton.

Thanks to all our attendees who contributed to the $4000 that we were able to donate to the Entertainment Industry Professionals Mentoring Alliance (eipma_org) to support their mission of mentoring the next generation of industry professionals.

10/17/2024

Cinema Audio Society Opens Awards Submissions for 61st Annual CAS Awards

LOS ANGELES – October 17, 2024 – Submissions are now being accepted for the 61st Annual Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards at www.cinemaaudiosociety.com. All entries must be received by 5 p.m. PT on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. Additionally, applications for the CAS Student Recognition Award are du...

10/08/2024

Register for the upcoming Sounding Board 4.0 event at the link below!

09/19/2024

SAVE THE DATE! Sounding Board 4.0 is almost here! October 20, 2024!

08/13/2024

Vancouver members and friends - there will be a screening of Tron: Legacy on Aug 28, 2024 with cocktails and a panel moderated by Kyle Petty CAS, including Mark Noda, Don Brown, Juniper Walters and Michael McGee. Link is in our bio to register, and tickets are free for CAS members!

08/13/2024

Vancouver members and friends - there will be a screening of Tron: Legacy on Aug 24, 2024 with cocktails and a panel moderated by Kyle Petty CAS, including Mark Noda, Don Brown, Juniper Walters and Michael McGee. Link below to register, and tickets are free for CAS members!

Filmed right here in Vancouver, the belated follow-up is ripe for reassessment after director Joseph Kosinski's recent triumph with Top Gun: Maverick. 28 years after the original Tron, Flynn's son gets an SOS from his dad in cyber space...

08/05/2024

The Fall 2024 issue of our magazine is out! Click on the link in our bio to read all of the great articles!

https://cinemaaudiosociety.org/cas-quarterly/