Details
Union:
Union or Non union
Area of media:
Film School
Network:
Paid?:
No
Rates:
Non-Paying Student Film
Deadline:
Oct 6, 2025
Auditions:
Self-Tapes by request
Shooting starts:
Oct 24, 2025
Shooting finishes:
Oct 27, 2025
Shooting locations:
Tentative shooting in Brantford Area
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 will be provided on set.
Fake blood on some of the actors will be used.
The script contains some swearing and blasphemy.
Meals will be provided on set.
Fake blood on some of the actors will be used.
The script contains some swearing and blasphemy.
Storyline
A woman struggling to keep her relationship together with her husband comes face-to-face with something truly terrifying when they decide to take the long way home.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Margaret | Female 30 - 36 Years old |
Description This character walks with a cane.Sensitive, perceptive, and emotionally vulnerable. She’s deeply frustrated with her husband Alan's emotional distance and obsession with work, but she’s also persistent in trying to connect with him. She values intimacy and honesty in her marriage, which makes his neglect and betrayal cut deeply. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Alan | Male 35 - 40 Years old |
Description Defensive, distracted, emotionally withdrawn. He’s more committed to his career and an affair than his marriage, which makes him evasive and dismissive toward his wife, Margaret. He avoids confrontation until pressured, then lashes out with brutal honesty initiating a divorce. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Gas Station Person | All 25 - 35 Years old |
Description The Gas Station Person is gentle, helpful, comforting. He represents safety and normalcy. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Lead Cultist | Female 20 - 30 Years old |
Description The Lead Cultist is calm, controlled, sadistic. Speaks only in whispers, heightening their menace. Their power lies in psychological manipulation, forcing Alan into an impossible moral dilemma. | ||