2 shoot days + up to 4hrs of unpaid rehearsal time + up to 1 hour paid hair & make-up consult

STORY films are 10-15 minute shorts from directors, producers and editors in the Norman Jewison Film Program at the Canadian Film Centre. The films are professionally produced in the fall, edited before the New Year, and submitted to the international festival circuit. Recent STORY films have premiered at TIFF, VIFF, CIFF, Fantasia and many more! This is a chance for actors to connect with Canada’s most exciting emerging talent, both on and off screen, and to collaborate with writer/directors on a piece that supports a feature film in development.

Andy Reid (he/him) is a filmmaker and actor based in Toronto. Often combining the mundane and the absurd, his work takes interest in the ways life reveals itself to be ridiculous. His most recent short, Testing, which he is currently developing as a feature, screened at festivals across the globe, including Atlantic International Film Festival, Queer Screen Sydney, and Inside Out Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award at the festival’s Ottawa iteration. He is an alumnus of Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Image Arts, and holds a BFA in Film Studies.

When internet famous, eleven-year-old Wexton develops a rash on his hand, his parents see it as an opportunity to fulfill a brand deal they have with a consumer goods company. As his allergic reaction grows, tension between the pair does too, and they’re soon confronted with their own self-interest in this wry look at stage parents in the digital age.

Note: the humour in this is very dry and grounded tonally. Please submit performers accordingly!