Details
Union:
Non union
Area of media:
Feature Film
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
$300-$450/ 10 hour day depending orn role
Deadline:
May 15, 2025
Shooting starts:
Sept 1, 2025
Shooting finishes:
Sept 30, 2025
Cities for response:
Toronto
Comments
MUST BE NON-UNION, TORONTO RESIDENTS
Storyline
A comedy-drama that captures the complex challenges and joys faced by immigrants as they establish a new life in Canada. Structured into five engaging chapters, each segment sheds light on different facets of the immigrant experience, blending humor with poignant storytelling.
This film offers a fresh, insightful perspective on the hurdles and triumphs of starting anew in a foreign land. Through its raw narrative and relatable themes, it aims to connect with a diverse audience, fostering empathy, understanding, and a deep appreciation for the contributions and experiences of immigrants.
This film offers a fresh, insightful perspective on the hurdles and triumphs of starting anew in a foreign land. Through its raw narrative and relatable themes, it aims to connect with a diverse audience, fostering empathy, understanding, and a deep appreciation for the contributions and experiences of immigrants.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | FATMA | Female 25 - 35 Years old |
Description OF SOMAIL OR ETHIOPIAN DESCENT Works as a server at a restaurant where she meets and strikes a flirty connection with a regular customer, ADAM (lead character). They cross paths at a friend's house party where they dance, smoke joints and discuss modern dating apps. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | MAN AT EMBASSY | Male 45 - 60 Years old |
Description OF MIDDLE EASTERN DESCENT ADAM (lead character) meets an older man at an embassy. The man is charming and they strike up an easy conversation during which Adam asks why, at his age, he's still trying to immigrate to Canada. He gives a tender response about the importance of still living for new experiences at his age. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | HUSBAND AT EMBSASSY | Male 45 - 60 Years old |
Description * MUST SPEAK SOME ARABIC* A formally dressed husband and wife burst through the door of an embassy office in the midst of a heated argument. He shouts at her for not saying the right things at a high stakes meeting with an immigration office. Instead of sticking to the plan that they want to immigrate to Canada due to "religious persecution" , she let slip that they have family there, leading him to angrily rebuke her for foiling their plans to make a convincing case for immigration. A playfully relatable couple's argument ensues in which he accuses her of being just like her mother. The scene offers satirically- tinged glimpse at the reality of how people approach immigration strategically. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | WIFE AT EMBASSY | Female 45 - 60 Years old |
Description MUST SPEAK SOME ARABIC* A formnally dressed husband and wife burst through the door of an embassy office in the midst of a heated argument. He shouts at her for not saying the right things at a high stakes meeting with an immigration office and she defends herself. Instead of sticking to the plan that they want to immigrate to Canada due to "religious persecution" , she let slip that they have family there, leading him to angrily rebuke her for foiling their plans to make a convincing case for immigration. A playfully relatable couple's argument ensues in which he accuses her of being just like her mother. The scene offers satirically- tinged glimpse at the reality of how people approach immigration strategically. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Small Principal | Danni | Male 30 - 40 Years old |
Description Of Chinese descent. A graphic designer at a Toronto design firm. He reacts with frustration as he complains with other co-workers about their boss' tendency to make the work after hours unfairly. | ||