Selected open roles for talent

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Children/Teens - Non-binary

Non-binary - 1 to 19 yrsActor Union or Non union
Project title
Submissions for Student Short Films 2024-25
Media
Film School
Due date
Wednesday December 18, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

All ethnicities please. Union and Non-Union.

Children/Teens - Trans-female

Trans-female - 1 to 19 yrsActor Union or Non union
Project title
Submissions for Student Short Films 2024-25
Media
Film School
Due date
Wednesday December 18, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

All ethnicities please. Union and Non-Union.

Children/Teens - Trans-male

Trans-male - 1 to 19 yrsActor Union or Non union
Project title
Submissions for Student Short Films 2024-25
Media
Film School
Due date
Wednesday December 18, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

All ethnicities please. Union and Non-Union.

Younger Adults - Female

Female - 20 to 45 yrsActor Union or Non union
Project title
Submissions for Student Short Films 2024-25
Media
Film School
Due date
Wednesday December 18, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

All ethnicities please. Union and Non-Union.

Younger Adults - Male

Male - 20 to 45 yrsActor Union or Non union
Project title
Submissions for Student Short Films 2024-25
Media
Film School
Due date
Wednesday December 18, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

All ethnicities please. Union and Non-Union.

Younger Adults - Non-binary

Non-binary - 20 to 45 yrsActor Union or Non union
Project title
Submissions for Student Short Films 2024-25
Media
Film School
Due date
Wednesday December 18, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

All ethnicities please. Union and Non-Union.

Younger Adults - Trans-female

Trans-female - 20 to 45 yrsActor Union or Non union
Project title
Submissions for Student Short Films 2024-25
Media
Film School
Due date
Wednesday December 18, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

All ethnicities please. Union and Non-Union.

Younger Adults - Trans-male

Trans-male - 20 to 45 yrsActor Union or Non union
Project title
Submissions for Student Short Films 2024-25
Media
Film School
Due date
Wednesday December 18, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

All ethnicities please. Union and Non-Union.

Older Adults - Female

Female - 46 to 99 yrsActor Union or Non union
Project title
Submissions for Student Short Films 2024-25
Media
Film School
Due date
Wednesday December 18, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

All ethnicities please. Union and Non-Union.

Older Adults - Male

Male - 46 to 99 yrsActor Union or Non union
Project title
Submissions for Student Short Films 2024-25
Media
Film School
Due date
Wednesday December 18, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

All ethnicities please. Union and Non-Union.

Older Adults - Non-binary

Non-binary - 46 to 99 yrsActor Union or Non union
Project title
Submissions for Student Short Films 2024-25
Media
Film School
Due date
Wednesday December 18, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

All ethnicities please. Union and Non-Union.

OIder Adults - Trans-female

Trans-female - 46 to 99 yrsActor Union or Non union
Project title
Submissions for Student Short Films 2024-25
Media
Film School
Due date
Wednesday December 18, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

All ethnicities please. Union and Non-Union.

Older Adults - Trans-male

Trans-male - 46 to 99 yrsActor Union or Non union
Project title
Submissions for Student Short Films 2024-25
Media
Film School
Due date
Wednesday December 18, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

All ethnicities please. Union and Non-Union.

MOM

Female - 38 to 43 yrsLead Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
CFC THE STORY - SAM FAM
Media
Film School
Due date
Friday September 6, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Female, late 30s-early 40s, any ethnicity. The brains behind her family’s social media channel. Mom is a woman a little too aware of how she may be perceived, likely because their audience holds her to a different standard than the rest of the family. Wexton doesn’t seem to be as interested as he once was, and while he’s scratching at an allergic reaction, Mom is grappling with the realization that her sense of self, her validation, and even her money all come from a child who is supposed to depend on her. LEAD.

WEXTON

Male - 12 to 15 yrsLead Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
CFC THE STORY - SAM FAM
Media
Film School
Due date
Friday September 6, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Male, 12+ to play 11 years old, any ethnicity. From first steps to bed wetting to speech pathology, every aspect of Wexton’s life has been documented and viewed on the internet, and now he’s starting to rebel against a complete lack of privacy he’s grown up with as normal. He and his parents have agreed to scale back their content creation to one day a week so that he can be a regular kid, but when he starts having an allergic reaction on their workday, he feels obliged to tough it out. LEAD. (Twins are encouraged to submit - this role involves special effects makeup and light swearing.)

DAD

Male - 38 to 43 yrsLead Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
CFC THE STORY - SAM FAM
Media
Film School
Due date
Friday September 6, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Male, late 30s - early 40s, any ethnicity. After over a decade, Dad still hasn’t gotten used to toeing the line between parent and producer. Mom started a successful social media channel about raising their son, Wexton, which the family soon started pursuing full time, but Dad is trying his best to contribute in an environment that could still run successfully without him. He knows Wexton, on the other hand, is needed to keep the whole thing afloat, but he seems less interested by the day. Looking for strong comedic performers. LEAD.

YASMEEN

Female - 12 to 14 yrsRecurring Principal Union or Non union
Project title
JENNY - Season 1 [Recurring & Day Players]
Media
New Media
Due date
Friday September 6, 2024
Submissions from
Montréal, Ottawa
Role description

(101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108) To play the role of a 13-year-old girl. The character of YASMEEN is currently scripted as being of Pakistani descent.

WITH THIS PARTICULAR BREAKDOWN RELEASE WE ARE ALSO FOCUSING ON ENCOURAGING SUBMISSIONS FROM ALL SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITIES. Once an actor is identified and hired for this role, the creative will be tailored to represent that specific actor's cultural and racial background.
THE PERFORMER SUBMITTED FOR THIS ROLE MUST BE A STRONG HIP-HOP DANCER.

Jenny’s loyal BFF and a member of Lawful Entry. When Jenny is diagnosed with cancer, Yasmeen promises to support Jenny in any way she can. Yasmeen is naturally shy, and prefers to stand in Jenny’s shadow. However, with Jenny in the hospital, Yasmeen steps up as interim leader of Lawful Entry and begins to blossom into her own.

LANGUAGE / ACCENT: The Character must be able to speak standard North American English. This character may have a generic Canadian accent, or any authentic cultural accent relevant to the character as detailed above.

MARISOL

Female - 37 to 39 yrsRecurring Principal Union or Non union
Project title
JENNY - Season 1 [Recurring & Day Players]
Media
New Media
Due date
Friday September 6, 2024
Submissions from
Montréal, Ottawa
Role description

(103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108) To play the role of a woman in her late 30s. FILIPINA.

Jenny’s nurse, in charge of administering Jenny’s chemotherapy during her treatment. Smart, compassionate, doesn’t take guff from anyone, including Arnel – Jenny’s father. Like Arnel, Marisol grew up in Manila but came to Canada as a young adult to pursue her nursing career. Despite some initial head-butting, over time it becomes apparent that there are feelings between Marisol and Arnel bubbling beneath the surface. However, both ignore their emotions on account of Marisol being Jenny’s nurse. Jenny and Marisol share a close bond, as Marisol is one of the few people who speaks to her like an adult. In many ways, she’s the mother figure Jenny never had.

LANGUAGE / ACCENT: The Character must be able to speak standard North American English with a Filipino accent.

TITA JUDITH

Female - 44 to 52 yrsRecurring Principal Union or Non union
Project title
JENNY - Season 1 [Recurring & Day Players]
Media
New Media
Due date
Friday September 6, 2024
Submissions from
Montréal, Ottawa
Role description

(102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108) To play the role of a 50-year-old woman. FILIPINA.

Judith is Jenny and Marc’s tita and the older sister of their late mother, Olivia. She steps up in a major way for the Garcias during Jenny’s recovery by looking after things at home and at the family business for her brother-in-law Arnel. Kind and compassionate with a tactful and unexpected sense of humour. Can be a little…extra at times, but her passion and attention to detail shine through everything she does.

LANGUAGE / ACCENT: The Character must be able to speak standard North American English with a Filipino accent.

HARRY

Male - 12 to 15 yrsRecurring Principal Union or Non union
Project title
JENNY - Season 1 [Recurring & Day Players]
Media
New Media
Due date
Friday September 6, 2024
Submissions from
Montréal, Ottawa
Role description

(102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108) To play the role of a 13-year-old boy. The character of HARRY is currently scripted as being of Trinidadian descent.

WITH THIS PARTICULAR BREAKDOWN RELEASE WE ARE ALSO FOCUSING ON ENCOURAGING SUBMISSIONS FROM ALL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITIES OTHER THAN TRINIDADIAN. Once an actor is identified and hired for this role, the creative will be tailored to represent that specific actor's cultural and racial background.

Harry is a patient in the paediatric cancer ward with Jenny. Despite the fact that Harry and Jenny are the same age and going through the same experience, Jenny is initially shy and apprehensive towards Harry as she struggles to accept her new reality as a sick kid. The two become close as they begin to lean on each other and an exciting new romance begins to form – which makes it especially hard when Harry has to be transferred to another hospital. Harry is a talented comic book artist, and he carries himself with an aura of sophistication, two traits which Jenny admires.

LANGUAGE / ACCENT: The Character must be able to speak standard North American English with a generic Canadian accent, or any authentic cultural accent relevant to the character as detailed above.