Short Film
BEHEMOTH
Details
Union:
Not designated
Area of media:
Short Film
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
Honorarium.
Looking for UNION and NON-UNION actors for an MFA graduate thesis short film. Shooting on S16 Film. Footage available for reels.
Deadline:
Mar 27, 2023
Callbacks:
Mar 27, 2023
Shooting starts:
Mar 31, 2023
Shooting finishes:
Apr 2, 2023
Shooting locations:
Oakville, Toronto (Cinespace)
Cities for response:
Toronto
Storyline
LOGLINE: Sosena - the head cook on a cargo ship - is pushed to her limit after discovering a suicide in her kitchen while trying to balance a failing relationship, a vindictive captain, and a large debt owed to another member of the crew.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Sosena | Female 30 - 45 Years old |
Description Black. 5’2” - 5’-7”. Any body type. Head cook of ship. She is sensitive but guarded, blunt and overworked. The only woman on board the ship. She has a gambling problem stemming from maladaptive coping mechanisms and past traumas. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Juan Ramos | Male 25 - 45 Years old |
Description (Filipino, Mid 30-40s, Male) 5’5”- 5’10”. In good physical condition. Laborer. Sosena’s secret boyfriend. Emotionally distant, defensive machismo, has a family back home. Engine room worker. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Cpt. Irmin Lee | Male 40 - 66 Years old |
Description 5’5”- 5’10”. Well groomed. Medium build. The ship’s captain. Indifferent to the suffering of the crew, morally corrupt and beholding to the ship's schedule and companies demands above everything else. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Manny | Male 20 - 60 Years old |
Description Filipino, 30s-40s, Male) 5’5”- 5’10”. Heavy set. The ship’s “plug”. Money lender, predatory and cocky, charismatic and violent. Small man syndrome. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Bashir | Male 30 - 60 Years old |
Description (Turkish/Middle Eastern, Late 40s - Early 50s, Male) 5’5”- 5’10”. Heavier set. The chief engineer. Voice of reason, but still powerless. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Non Speaking | Abe | Male 18 - 35 Years old |
Description 5’5”- 5’10”. Skinny. Assistant cook. Timid. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Extra | Crewmembers (3-5) | Male 20 - 50 Years old |
Description (Preferably Filipino, Late 30-50s+, Males) 5’5”- 5’10”. In good/fair physical condition. Laborers. Able-bodied seaman. Working class. Drinking, smoking, karaoke singing. Speak Tagalog. | ||