Film School
Long Term Care
Details
Union:
Union or Non union
Area of media:
Film School
Network:
Paid?:
No
Rates:
Non-paid student film.
Deadline:
Feb 12, 2025
Auditions:
Self-tapes by request.
Callbacks:
Virtual date TBD
Shooting starts:
Mar 3, 2025
Shooting finishes:
Mar 10, 2025
Shooting locations:
GTA
Cities for response:
Toronto
Comments
We can accept union and non-union actors through our student agreement with ACTRA. This
is a non-paying student film and no permit is required. Actors will receive a copy of the
finished film for their demo reel.
Meals provided.
is a non-paying student film and no permit is required. Actors will receive a copy of the
finished film for their demo reel.
Meals provided.
Storyline
Now suffering from aphasia after a traumatic stoke, seventy year-old Meredith grapples with feeling like maybe life isn't worth the mental and physical exhaustion put on both her and her family. She can no longer speak or write, the hospital food is close to inedible, and her niece has flipped her life upside down to visit her regularly. Meredith must decide if she'd rather persevere, or rejoin her long dead husband Charlie.
This decision needs to be made quick, as a serial killer nurse has been making his rounds, and is all-too happy to offer a little "assistance".
This decision needs to be made quick, as a serial killer nurse has been making his rounds, and is all-too happy to offer a little "assistance".
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Meredith | Female 55 - 75 Years old |
Description Elderly woman now dealing with aphasia. While she only has one line, she is onscreen a big majority of the film. She has a minor physical alternation with Andrew, when she stabs his arm with a pen to avoid being killed. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Laura | Female 35 - 55 Years old |
Description Meredith's patient and supporting niece. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Andrew | Male 28 - 45 Years old |
Description A sneaky nurse with a taste for blood. He has a minor stunt of falling backwards after Meredith stabs him. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Athena | Female 28 - 45 Years old |
Description The hospital's pragmatic head nurse. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Benson | Male 55 - 75 Years old |
Description Meredith's stubborn hospital roommate. He enjoys reading Dostoyevsky, and ignoring Andrew's demands that he turns off his light. (The latter he will regret.) | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Bernadette | Female 55 - 75 Years old |
Description Benson's playful and sassy wife. The two of them bicker about the nutrition value of bland hospital meals. | ||