Feature Film
Aversions
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Details
Union:
Union
Area of media:
Feature Film
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
CIPIP -25%
Deadline:
Oct 28, 2024
Shooting starts:
Nov 5, 2024
Shooting finishes:
Dec 7, 2024
Shooting locations:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Cities for response:
Vancouver, Toronto, Halifax, Montréal
Storyline
At a psychiatric hospital in 1963, gay men subject themselves to electroshock therapy in an effort to straighten out, but the various forms of aversion therapy spiral out of control.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Campo | Male 25 - 45 Years old |
Description CAMPO - 20s-40s, Caucasian, an orderly in a psychiatric hospital in 1963. He is attractive in his unique way and is mischievous in a lord-of-the-flies kind of way. Large Principal / Leading Role Nudity: Yes Intimacy: Yes No Tattoos, must be willing to wear hair in a 1950s style. New faces only. No one who appeared in the film “Aversion” should audition. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Smokey | Male 18 - 34 Years old |
Description SMOKEY - 20s-30s, Caucasian, a patient in a psychiatric hospital in 1963. He is a committed in-patient being treated for homosexuality. Large Principal Role Nudity: Optional Intimacy: Yes No Tattoos, must be willing to wear hair in a 1950s style. Nova Scotia Residents Only. Men who were Background Performers in “Aversion” may audition. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Lorraine | Female 41 - 59 Years old |
Description LORRAINE - 40s-50s, Caucasian, the mother of a dark-haired patient of a psychiatric hospital in 1963. Principal Role - 2 sequences, one day shooting Nudity: No Intimacy: No Must be willing to wear hair in a 1950s style. New faces only. No one who appeared in “Aversion” should audition. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Small Principal | Myrtle Baker | Female 40 - 65 Years old |
Description MYRTLE BAKER, 40s-60s, Caucasian or Indigenous Canadian, the mother of a dark-haired patient of a psychiatric hospital in 1963. Principal Role - 1 scene Nudity: No Intimacy: No Must be willing to wear hair in a 1950s style. Nova Scotia Residents Only. New faces only. No one who appeared in “Aversion” should audition. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Small Principal | Mr. Baker | Male 40 - 65 Years old |
Description MR. BAKER, 40s-60s, Caucasian or Indigenous Canadian, the father of a dark-haired patient of a psychiatric hospital in 1963. Principal Role - 1 scene Nudity: No Intimacy: No Must be willing to wear hair in a 1950s style. Nova Scotia Residents Only. New faces only. No one who appeared in “Aversion” should audition. | ||