Details
Union:
Non union
Area of media:
Film School
Network:
Paid?:
No
Deadline:
Feb 24, 2025
Callbacks:
Mar 3, 2025
Shooting starts:
Mar 26, 2025
Shooting finishes:
Mar 28, 2025
Shooting locations:
Greater Vancouver Area
Cities for response:
Vancouver
Storyline
Yuri, a reserved and dedicated priest must choose between honoring his oath to god and saving the life of an innocent woman. The weight of this fatal secret becomes unbearable, pushing him to question his faith in ways he has never before. As we come to understand the stranger, Ilyas’, dark past we see the complex truth about morality as Yuri is rendered powerless and must live with his inability to intervene and prevent the sins around him from taking place.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | YURI | Male 30 - 40 Years old |
Description Yuri is a faithful priest who believes in the church’s teachings and his role as a guide forothers. Beneath his composed exterior, he struggles with doubt, desire, and the crushing weight of responsibility. His morals are tested by an ominous stranger who shares a dangerous and potentially fatal secret during confession. He wants to do the right thing but begins to fall apart when faced with confessions that test his moral boundaries and a love affair he cannot acknowledge. Yuri must confront a devastating truth: his silence is not just about faith but about protecting himself. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | ILYAS | Male 18 - 25 Years old |
Description Raised by his strict and profoundly religious grandmother, Ilyas learned early on thatsuffering was a form of love. His faith vanishes as he realizes he doesn’t fit in outside Granny’s unconventional teachings. In his dreams, God speaks to him and encourages him to execute God’s will and punish Granny's sins. Much like his Granny, he begins to believe he is a messenger for God’s will. Desperate to find answers, Ilyas looks for Yuri, whose words become a doubled edged sword. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | LILLY | Female 30 - 40 Years old |
Description Lilly wants more than what this small town has to offer. She grew up with religion allaround her, but she never let it define her. She sees the cracks in people, including Yuri, and she isn’t afraid to push them. She’s not a temptress - she’s warm, filled with curiosity, and represents a reminder that there’s life beyond guilt. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | RUTH (GRANNY) | Female 50 - 70 Years old |
Description Granny believes she’s doing God’s work, even when that work is cruel. Ilyas is thereason why her daughter died, and Granny sees him as a burden, as if it was meant for her to punish his orphan grandson. Her worldview is shaped by the strict religious environment she grew up in, where faith was closely tied to discipline, and strict obedience was seen as the only way to survive in a brutal or unforgiving world. She is a force of nature, unyielding and devout, but beneath her rigidity is a woman shaped by loss and fear | ||