Selected open roles for talent

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Yasser

Male - 50 to 65 yrsSupporting Union
Project title
Palestinian Canadian Feature Film
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday August 4, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

60s. Palestinian. Nada's absent father.

Armit

Male - 20 to 30 yrsSupporting Union
Project title
Palestinian Canadian Feature Film
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday August 4, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Mid-20s. Nada's successful arch nemesis from theatre school.

Kareem

Male - 50 to 60 yrsSupporting Union
Project title
Palestinian Canadian Feature Film
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday August 4, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

50s-60s. Palestinian uncle. Great sense of humour but doesn't mess around.

Aunty Amal

Female - 40 to 50 yrsSupporting Union
Project title
Palestinian Canadian Feature Film
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday August 4, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

40s. Hijabi & gossip queen. MUST SPEAK ARABIC.

Matteo

Male - 20 to 30 yrsSupporting Union
Project title
Palestinian Canadian Feature Film
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday August 4, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

20s-30s. Italian. In the family business.

Aunty Layla

Female - 30 to 40 yrsSupporting Union
Project title
Palestinian Canadian Feature Film
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday August 4, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Late-30s. Aspiring Aunty. MUST SPEAK ARABIC.

Aunty Marwa

Female - 50 to 60 yrsSupporting Union
Project title
Palestinian Canadian Feature Film
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday August 4, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

50s. Hijabi Boss Bish. MUST SPEAK ARABIC.

Pam

Female - 50 to 70 yrsSupporting Union
Project title
Palestinian Canadian Feature Film
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday August 4, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

50s-60s. Nada's therapist.

Yasser

Male - 50 to 70 yrsSupporting Union
Project title
Palestinian Canadian Feature Film
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday August 4, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Nada's well-meaning but absent workaholic immigrant father. Palestinian.

Laura

Female - 50 to 65 yrsLarge Principal Union
Project title
Palestinian Canadian Feature Film
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday August 4, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

50s-60s, Nada's white mom. High strung, tacky & beautiful.

Mohamed

Male - 20 to 35 yrsLarge Principal Union
Project title
Palestinian Canadian Feature Film
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday August 4, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

20s-30s, Palestinian. Nada's cousin & a recent refugee to Canada. Very proud & hardworking, wears very tight pants. Queer & closeted.

Yogi

All - 20 to 40 yrsFeatured Union
Project title
Palestinian Canadian Feature Film
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday August 4, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

30s. Good at their job. Healing vibes.

Aunty Bev

Female - 50 to 60 yrsFeatured Union
Project title
Palestinian Canadian Feature Film
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday August 4, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

50s. Caucasian. Looks and sounds as if she's smoked since she was 13.

Dalia

Female - 18 to 30 yrsFeatured Union
Project title
Palestinian Canadian Feature Film
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday August 4, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Early-20s. Shy & sweet. At the hookah lounge to meet boys.

Coach

Male - 30 to 50 yrsFeatured Union
Project title
Palestinian Canadian Feature Film
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday August 4, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

40s. Nada's Jujitsu Coach. Tough & perceptive with a gentle heart.

David

All - 0 to 0 yrsSeries Regular Not designated
Project title
Between The Fences - Eps. 101 David
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Wednesday July 30, 2025
Submissions from
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna
Role description

This character identifies as open gender, 20s - 40, white to match family. David is a person with down's syndrome, big-hearted. He works with his sister Kate, a veterinarian, helping care for the animals and their owners. David has a gift cheering people up. PLEASE SUBMIT ACTORS FROM CROSS COUNTRY WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME

ZOE - RECALLS

Female - 20 to 30 yrsSupporting Non union
Project title
BRIDE
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Wednesday July 30, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Mid to late 20s, ANY ETHNICITY - the character is NOT BLOND A stunning Hollywood starlet who is about to break out. She has the world at her feet, yet preserves a likable warmth. Quirky, disarming charm and a magnetic presence. Zoe is confident, passionate, and clever, but not naive. She’s the kind of person who can command a room without trying. There’s a groundedness beneath her easy charisma—she sees through the industry’s BS, but still plays the game.

Jordan

Male - 24 to 30 yrsLead Non union
Project title
BORDERLINE FUNNY
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday July 28, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto, Ottawa, Sudbury
Role description

Caucasian -ACTORS WITH COMEDY/STAND UP A BONUS BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO THIS - a Canadian semi-successful stand up comic He is very confident and has a great stage presence, and he comes up with very smart comedy. He is arrested by ICE when trying to enter Rochester NY for a stand-up gig While he is a smart-aleck, we also see that he is very affected and bummed out by being arrested and incarcerated. Once in prison, he gets his mojo back enough to be able to start performing comic stand up routines for the other inmates.

Marta-Spanish Speaker

Female - 24 to 30 yrsLarge Principal Non union
Project title
BORDERLINE FUNNY
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Monday July 28, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto, Ottawa, Sudbury
Role description

MUST BE Latina/ Central American, South American or Hispanic MUST SPEAK SPANISH FLUENTLY She is sharp-witted and has an acerbic tongue and sense of humour. She is very much her own person, very comfortable in her own skin. She is a painter, she is political. She has a daughter, and migrated with her to the U.S., but was caught up in a migration raid there and lost her daughter and was returned to El Salvador. Pls note - partial nudity either bra, negligee or bed covers, NO full frontal, NO intimate scenes

ADOLESCENTE MEXICANO

Male - 14 to 16 yrsSmall Principal Not designated
Project title
Película elenco Mexicano RESIDENTE EN ESPAÑA O CON DOCUMENTACIÓN VÁLIDA PARA TRABAJAR EN ESPAÑA
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Thursday July 31, 2025
Submissions from
Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Malaga, Seville, La Coruña, Mexico City, Bilbao, Murcia, Pamplona, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Tijuana
Role description

Actor mexicano o latino con dominio del acento mexicano. Residente o con capacida de traslado y trabajo en España