Selected open roles for talent

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BRANDON

Male - 18 to 30 yrsLead Non union
Project title
LIVING ON
Media
Short Film
Due date
Friday November 13, 2026
Submissions from
Vancouver
Role description

Indigenous. Curious, kind, athletic. There will be a scene with a minor stunt, where Brandon jumps over the camera (at ground level) using a mini trampoline and a crash pad. The role will also be required to run in several scenes. Role may have implied drug use. Please make sure performers are comfortable with all of the above when submitting. SPEAKING ROLE.

CANDICE

Female - 15 to 20 yrsLead Non union
Project title
LIVING ON
Media
Short Film
Due date
Friday November 13, 2026
Submissions from
Vancouver
Role description

Indigenous. Outgoing, vibrant and talented; loves music and performing; would fight for her friends at the drop of a hat. Role may have implied drug use. Please make sure performers are comfortable with this when submitting. All provincial child entertainment laws will be adhered to if a minor is cast. SPEAKING ROLE.

SARAH

Female - 15 to 20 yrsSupporting Non union
Project title
LIVING ON
Media
Short Film
Due date
Friday November 13, 2026
Submissions from
Vancouver
Role description

Indigenous. Vibrant and talented; loves music, performing and her family. Role may have implied drug use. Please make sure performers are comfortable with this when submitting. All provincial child entertainment laws will be adhered to if a minor is cast. SPEAKING SUPPORTING ROLE.

BRANDON'S MOM

Female - 45 to 60 yrsSupporting Non union
Project title
LIVING ON
Media
Short Film
Due date
Friday November 13, 2026
Submissions from
Vancouver
Role description

Indigenous. A loving mother who wants to support her son despite their struggle to communicate verbally. SPEAKING ROLE.

BRANDON'S GIRLFRIEND

Female - 18 to 30 yrsSupporting Non union
Project title
LIVING ON
Media
Short Film
Due date
Friday November 13, 2026
Submissions from
Vancouver
Role description

Indigenous. Role may have implied drug use. Please make sure performers are comfortable with this when submitting. SPEAKING ROLE.

BRANDON'S FRIENDS

Male - 18 to 30 yrsSupporting Non union
Project title
LIVING ON
Media
Short Film
Due date
Friday November 13, 2026
Submissions from
Vancouver
Role description

Indigenous. A supportive group of friends, kids being kids. Roles may have implied drug use. Please make sure performers are comfortable with this when submitting. SPEAKING ROLE.

SHERILYN

Female - 18 to 24 yrsPrincipal Union or Non union
Project title
A GIRL AND HER MONSTER - IMPORTANT DESCRIPTION CHANGES
Media
Short Film
Due date
Friday November 13, 2026
Submissions from
Montréal
Role description

Sherilyn, early, 20s. An ordinary-looking young woman with slightly droopy, half-lidded eyes and a subtly melancholic gaze. Her personality can shift from charming to deeply unsettling in a heartbeat. She is impulsive and often blind to the harm she causes others, she uses dark humour and sarcasm to mask her fragility and loneliness. Beneath her tough exterior lies a deeply wounded young woman, torn between her desire to be loved and the terrifying consequences of the only protection she has ever known. Desperate to experience intimacy after many failed attempts, she invites a new boyfriend, Ted, into her bedroom, only to have her attempt at connection unravel under the watch of her fiercely protective monster. The role has mild intimacy suggestions, strong language and some kissing.

TED

Male - 18 to 24 yrsPrincipal Union or Non union
Project title
A GIRL AND HER MONSTER - IMPORTANT DESCRIPTION CHANGES
Media
Short Film
Due date
Friday November 13, 2026
Submissions from
Montréal
Role description

Ted, early 20s. A slightly overweight, sweet-natured young man. He has an endearing, boyish quality, with a playful sense of humor and an earnest, almost disarming innocence. He feels a little out of place among the cool, edgy crowd around him. Affectionate, trusting, and genuinely devoted to his girlfriend, Sherilyn, he wears his heart on his sleeve and wants nothing more than to make her happy. When a romantic evening turns into a nightmare, Ted’s sweetness gives way to disbelief and escalating panic as he faces imminent death. An ordinary young man completely out of his depth, he must fight to survive. Requires strong comedic timing and the ability to shift from awkward charm to increasingly frantic terror. The role has mild intimacy suggestions, strong language, and some kissing.

Callum

Male - 20 to 25 yrsLead Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Sharing in Your Sorrow
Media
Film School
Due date
Friday November 20, 2026
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Early 20s med-student. Adopted. Head-strong, logical, kindhearted.

Paul

Male - 50 to 60 yrsLead Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Sharing in Your Sorrow
Media
Film School
Due date
Friday November 20, 2026
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

50s. Failed musician turned in-house nurse. Loves his husband with his whole heart and will do anything to bring him back.

Maddox

Male - 50 to 60 yrsActor Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Sharing in Your Sorrow
Media
Film School
Due date
Friday November 20, 2026
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Bedridden and vegetative for the past decade. Used to be a genius professor and wonderful father until his degenerative diseases took over completely.

LUCIDITY

Female - 23 to 30 yrsLead Non union
Project title
This Needs Work
Media
TV Series
Due date
Thursday November 12, 2026
Submissions from
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna, Windsor
Role description

The ultimate reality TV darling. She’s camera-ready at all times, with flawless hair and makeup and a light valley-girl lilt. She’s two years into her relationship with Ethan and has spent half of it without intimacy, so she’s brought him on the show to fix it, whether he’s ready or not.

ETHAN

Male - 28 to 35 yrsLead Non union
Project title
This Needs Work
Media
TV Series
Due date
Thursday November 12, 2026
Submissions from
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna, Windsor
Role description

A polished, self-assured business bro who believes he’s signed up for couples therapy. When Lucidity announces their bedroom problems in front of everyone, he’s blindsided and humiliated, and he’s ready to walk, but he chooses to stay.

STEPH

Female - 30 to 35 yrsLead Non union
Project title
This Needs Work
Media
TV Series
Due date
Thursday November 12, 2026
Submissions from
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna, Windsor
Role description

A mother of three, married for seven years to Luke, her university sweetheart. Since the birth of their third child she has completely shut him out, holding a deep resentment she has never voiced. She has no idea Luke has brought her here to save their marriage.

LUKE

Male - 30 to 40 yrsLead Non union
Project title
This Needs Work
Media
TV Series
Due date
Thursday November 12, 2026
Submissions from
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna, Windsor
Role description

A father of three at the end of his rope. He and Steph once had a passionate connection, but she has been distant for years and he can’t understand why. Desperate, he’s brought her on the show without telling her. What he doesn’t know is that sleeping through the birth of their last child is the wound she has never forgiven.

DON

Male - 50 to 60 yrsLead Non union
Project title
This Needs Work
Media
TV Series
Due date
Thursday November 12, 2026
Submissions from
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna, Windsor
Role description

Married to Louise for twenty years. Don has quietly withdrawn from intimacy, ashamed of erectile issues he can’t bring himself to discuss. Believing he’s partly to blame for her affair, he’s brought her here to give her the freedom to find happiness elsewhere.

LOUISE

Female - 50 to 60 yrsLead Non union
Project title
This Needs Work
Media
TV Series
Due date
Thursday November 12, 2026
Submissions from
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna, Windsor
Role description

Don’s wife of twenty years, consumed by regret over her affair. Don has brought her here to set her free, but the only person she wants is him.

ADENA

Female - 35 to 45 yrsSupporting Non union
Project title
This Needs Work
Media
TV Series
Due date
Thursday November 12, 2026
Submissions from
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna, Windsor
Role description

The show’s resident sex therapist and a devoted yogi: calm, spiritual and completely centered. She guides the couples through confrontation, confession and reconnection.

Yan

Male - 40 to 60 yrsPrincipal Non unionUnpaid
Project title
The Cage
Media
Film School
Due date
Monday November 16, 2026
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

The restaurant’s longtime cook. Yan has cooked at ??? since before Ward was born. He was Faye Li’s most loyal worker and is close to an uncle to the brothers. He is quiet, warm and a little old-fashioned, familiar with the family and restaurant. Yan says little and notices everything. Only performers who speaks Cantonese will be considered.

Karr

Male - 20 to 30 yrsPrincipal Non unionUnpaid
Project title
The Cage
Media
Film School
Due date
Monday November 16, 2026
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Karr has worked in his late mother Faye Li’s restaurant, ???, since secondary school. He gave up his studies and his own future so the family could get by and his younger brother Ward could go to university. Years of standing in a kitchen have left him with a bad leg, which he never complains about. On the surface he is steady, practical and caring. Underneath he is proud, stubborn and deeply hurt. The restaurant is his identity and his last link to his mother, and he can’t picture himself anywhere else. Only performers who speaks Cantonese will be considered.