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TANIA

Female - 60 to 70 yrsLead Union
Project title
RF STUDIOS - ACTRA MIP (Mother Knows Best)
Media
Short Film
Due date
Monday January 22, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa
Role description

Kind, nurturing and intuitive. She’s eager to meet her son Danny’s fiancee, and ready to help out anyway she can for their upcoming wedding, but after Audrey makes a terrible first impression, followed by a series of inflexible demands, she shares her concerns with love-blind Danny. She gives him space to make his own decision about marrying Audrey, but she also helps him see the truth about her too. WARDROBE: Nice and put together but not overly fashionable or showy. Simple shirts, solid cardigans, slacks and or jeans. Comfortable. She has a purse throughout, and a suitcase. Natural hair and makeup.

AUDREY

Female - 20 to 30 yrsLead Union
Project title
RF STUDIOS - ACTRA MIP (Mother Knows Best)
Media
Short Film
Due date
Monday January 22, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa
Role description

Tone-deaf and entitled, Audrey has no qualms about vocalizing her wants, especially when it comes to her wedding. Determined to have fiancée Danny make her nuptial dreams come true - no matter the cost - she’s relentless with her demands until her desperation ends up costing her everything. WARDROBE: Scenes 1-6: Comfortable casual, at home jeans and shirt. She wears her hair down, long and flowing, a little too much makeup but closer to a natural look more than not. Scene 7: A wedding gown. It should be sort of ugly– but she loves it.

Danny

Male - 20 to 30 yrsLead Union
Project title
RF STUDIOS - ACTRA MIP (Mother Knows Best)
Media
Short Film
Due date
Monday January 22, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa
Role description

LEAD - DANNY, 20s Totally and utterly in love. He lets Audrey’s wants take precedence over his own, and zero awareness that she might be using him until his mother Tania visits. He’s good and gentle, and while he might feel like a fool for being duped by Audrey, he’s by no means foolish about how he loves. WARDROBE: Casual, jeans and t-shirts or long sleeved shirts. He’s not super wealthy, but he does well enough to keep himself looking neat and together.

JAMES

Male - 30 to 40 yrsLead Union
Project title
RF STUDIOS - (ACTRA MIP) "Why Stay Together"
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday January 22, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa
Role description

LEAD - James: Male 30s. A hardworking and ambitious man who is deeply in love with his wife, Janet. He is blindsided by her affair and struggles with the betrayal. After five years, he has found success and started a new life, showing resilience and growth. WARDROBE: Mostly business attire. Casual attire after the time jump.

JANET

Male - 30 to 40 yrsLead Union
Project title
RF STUDIOS - (ACTRA MIP) "Why Stay Together"
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday January 22, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa
Role description

LEAD - Janet: Female 30s. Initially appears devoted but is secretly harboring feelings of neglect. Her affair is a misguided attempt to find validation. In the end, she tries to reconnect with James, revealing her own regret and loss. WARDROBE: Casual and comfortable at home, shifts to robe during the affair.

RICK

Male - 30 to 40 yrsLead Union
Project title
RF STUDIOS - (ACTRA MIP) "Why Stay Together"
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday January 22, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa
Role description

SUPPORTING - Rick: Male 30s. Janet's secret lover. WARDROBE: Casual

CHILD

All - 4 to 6 yrsLead Union
Project title
RF STUDIOS - (ACTRA MIP) "Why Stay Together"
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday January 22, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa
Role description

SUPPORTING - Child: Gender neutral, 4 years old. The child of James and his new wife in the final scene, symbolizing James's new beginning and family.

INVESTOR

All - 40 to 50 yrsSupporting Union
Project title
RF STUDIOS - (ACTRA MIP) "Why Stay Together"
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday January 22, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa
Role description

SUPPORTING - Executive: Gender not specified, but could be male. Age not specified, potentially 40s to 50s. A high-ranking professional at the investment firm where James has his big meeting.

CELESTE

Female - 27 to 33 yrsLead Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
CFC - KINARA
Media
Film School
Due date
Wednesday January 17, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Female, late 20s -early 30s, any ethnicity. Queer/Masc presenting. Celeste and Kinara have been best friends since first year university.They're love for each other is deep but platonic. Despite her age she is definitely the more mature one of the two. Identifying her queerness at a young age has been tough for her. She was often bullied or fetishized by folks who, in the past, end up leaving her. Because of this, Celeste is very protective of her community.

Clark

Male - 22 to 30 yrsLead Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Interstice
Media
Short Film
Due date
Tuesday January 23, 2024
Submissions from
Vancouver
Role description

With his boyish charm and people-pleasing personality, Clark thrives on other’s approval. Though he has always tried to build a life of domestic bliss with Angie, Clark can’t face the fact that he might be the cause of her disappearance. For him, letting her go means accepting blame.

Angie

Female - 22 to 30 yrsSupporting Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Interstice
Media
Short Film
Due date
Tuesday January 23, 2024
Submissions from
Vancouver
Role description

There is something cold and distant about Angie that separates her from other people. Her mind is often elsewhere and her feelings are often unknowable to anyone but herself. For her, relationships will only ever tie her down.

Joan

Female - 40 to 60 yrsSupporting Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Interstice
Media
Short Film
Due date
Tuesday January 23, 2024
Submissions from
Vancouver
Role description

A domineering mother with a drinking problem that keeps her living in the past. A hard life has left her unsympathetic to Angie’s emotions. She pretends she isn’t hurt by Angie’s habit of running away.

Baldwin

Female - 40 to 50 yrsSupporting Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Interstice
Media
Short Film
Due date
Tuesday January 23, 2024
Submissions from
Vancouver
Role description

A humble but effective police detective. She does not scare easily and over the years has developed a strong ability to read people. She intimidates Clark and commands the respect of the other officers.

Grann

Male - 20 to 30 yrsSupporting Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Interstice
Media
Short Film
Due date
Tuesday January 23, 2024
Submissions from
Vancouver
Role description

An earnest rookie on the police force. He has an admiration for Det. Baldwin and a fascination with morbid crimes.

Albee

Male - 30 to 40 yrsSupporting Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Interstice
Media
Short Film
Due date
Tuesday January 23, 2024
Submissions from
Vancouver
Role description

A police protege of Det. Baldwin’s. He takes his job seriously but doesn’t yet have the experience to read people effectively. Can come across as a bit of a poindexter.

Sera

Female - 22 to 30 yrsLead Not designatedUnpaid
Project title
The Witness
Media
Short Film
Due date
Sunday January 21, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

After losing her parents at a young age, Sera has struggled with alcoholism which has led to a couple of DUIs. Sera suffers from anxiety and paranoia and is convinced that a mysterious being caused her to crash her car. Ethnicity: Any Comparison: Karen Page (Daredevil)

Henry

Male - 25 to 35 yrsLead Not designatedUnpaid
Project title
The Witness
Media
Short Film
Due date
Sunday January 21, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Henry is clean cut, neatly dressed, intelligent and organized. He is a mysterious figure, lacks emotion. Delights himself in psychologically torturing people and feeds off of their fear. He is socially awkward and as a robotic tone. Ethnicity: Any Comparisons: Agent Smith (The Matrix)

Steve

Male - 30 to 45 yrsSupporting Not designatedUnpaid
Project title
The Witness
Media
Short Film
Due date
Sunday January 21, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Steve is a seasoned police officer who has been working in the field now for over 20 years He is by the book when it comes to following police protocol and doesn't take shit from anyone. He tends to think the worst of people and comes off as awkward and kooky in social settings. Steve is big into conspiracy theories and is obsessed with the belief that aliens or other outworld entities exist. Ethnicity: Any Comparison: Nicholas Angel (Hot Fuzz)

Sera's Father

Male - 40 to 60 yrsSupporting Not designatedUnpaid
Project title
The Witness
Media
Short Film
Due date
Sunday January 21, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Sera's father was a large and domineering figure before his death. He was a military veteran, always hard working with a strict personality, no time for funny business. Sera's father never mixed his work life with his family life, and had a soft spot for Sera and his wife. Ethnicity: Any

Sera's Mother

Female - 40 to 60 yrsSupporting Not designatedUnpaid
Project title
The Witness
Media
Short Film
Due date
Sunday January 21, 2024
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Sera's mother was your typical stay at home mom. She was a loving wife and very overprotective of her daughter. Sera's Mother always had a smile on her face and always hid her hardships from the outside world. Ethnicity: Any