Details
Union:
Non union
Area of media:
Feature Film
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
$350/DAY PP $150.DAY actor
Deadline:
Sept 10, 2025
Callbacks:
tba
Shooting starts:
Sept 18, 2025 these characters start between oct and nov
Shooting finishes:
Nov 15, 2025 approx
Shooting locations:
Toronto and surrounding area
Cities for response:
Toronto, Ottawa, Sudbury
Storyline
A Canadian stand up comic (Michael Perrotti) is busted at the U.S. border for a visa infraction and for his political material about Trump, and is sent to the ICE detention centre in Louisiana.. While there he begins to do his stand up comedy for the other inmates. This upsets the authorities and they send him to the infamous CECOT prison in El Salvador. His comedy there means the warden eventually exiles him to a distant jungle village. There, he meets a woman (Jessica Rosales) who matches his lippy demeanour, and ends up not trying to return to Canada, but instead in the local school, teaching English to the children using comic rhymes and riddles.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Agent Hansen | All 30 - 50 Years old |
Description All Ethnicities -a tough American border guard/ immigration agent. American accent, but not at all extreme. From the Buffalo area -.FILMS SAT.Nov.8 | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Warden | Male 40 - 60 Years old |
Description Warden of USA detention facility Films Nov.11 approx | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Aziz | 25 - 35 Years old |
Description Middle Eastern -Afghan man,AZIZ, ex-translator/fixer for the U.S. Army during the war. Films outside dates Nov.3-11 | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Baptiste | Male 22 - 34 Years old |
Description Black -a Haitian who has been living in Florida since he was a child. . He is incarcerated in an ICE Detention Center, where he meets our lead character. He preferably has a French (Haitian) accent. Not totally essential. If not a Haitian accent, a Florida one.Nov.3-11 outside dates | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Kasper | Male 25 - 40 Years old |
Description Scandinavian - Danish, Swedish, Norwegian ,Finnish, Icelandic, inmate in a Louisiana ICE Immigration Detention Center. described in the A mild Scandinavian accent is preferred but not absolutely essential. Fiilming Nov.8-11 outside dates | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Kids- Latin American | All 8 - 12 Years old |
Description Latin American/Hispanic - do not have to speak Spanish BUT PLS INDICATE IF THEY DO IN NOTES 1- will shoot probably a half day in November | ||