Details
Union:
Union or Non union
Area of media:
Film School
Network:
Paid?:
No
Rates:
Non-paid student film
Deadline:
Oct 10, 2025
Auditions:
Self tapes by request
Callbacks:
In-person/via Zoom TBD
Shooting starts:
Oct 24, 2025
Shooting finishes:
Oct 27, 2025
Shooting locations:
King City, ON
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.
Food and transportation will be provided and compensated.
Food and transportation will be provided and compensated.
Storyline
When Maggie’s alcoholic mother accidentally overdoses their dog on his diabetes medication, Maggie and her pregnant sister Grace must find an honourable spot to bury their dog.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Maggie | Female 20 - 26 Years old |
Description Maggie (23) is the older sister to Grace. She has taken care of her alcoholic mother and her younger sister for her whole life. Constantly faced with challenges she has learned to act fast and logically. She is viciously protective, intelligent, as well as extremely exhausted by the world around her. She blames herself for Grace’s reckless behaviour in getting pregnant. Maggie has been trying to separate herself from her family in the last year, but Frank, their dead dog, has brought her back into their chaos. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Grace | Female 18 - 22 Years old |
Description Grace (19) is the younger sister of Maggie. She is fiercely optimistic and kind; she is comfortable living in the moment. She is also nine months pregnant with a baby girl. While she is still a teenager, motherhood gives her a place to put her warmth and love where she couldn't put it growing up. Grace feels abandoned by Maggie since she revealed her pregnancy and is eager to have her back in her and her baby’s life. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Mr. Marvin | Male 65 - 80 Years old |
Description Mr. Marvin (76) is your local scary, grumpy, old man neighbour. He has lived in the same home for seventy years, and rents out the home across the street.. While on the outside he seems prickly, he has a real passion for gardening and seasonal flowers. He doesn’t hate dogs, he just hates dog poop in his yard. He doesn’t hate the young Maggie and Grace next door, he just hates how reckless their mother has been. A Ron Swanson type. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Jean | Female 45 - 60 Years old |
Description Jean (56) is the mother of Maggie and Grace. She loves her daughters but her strength and hope for the world has almost completely disappeared. She abuses a bottle of wine daily leaving her world foggy each day. Compassion has also fizzled from her life and now that her daughters are older she believes they can take care of her now, as she has done her role, which depleted her for years. Her careless mixup of Frank’s medicine led to his untimely death. | ||