Details
Union:
Not designated
Area of media:
Feature Film
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
Currently we are undecided on whether or not we will take this film as a Union production or try developing it as a Non-Union. We are accepting auditions from both categories for now.
Deadline:
Dec 31, 2025
Auditions:
1 take (script) and 1 take (interpretation)
Callbacks:
Dec 31, 2025 In person audition
Shooting starts:
May 18, 2026
Shooting finishes:
June 12, 2026
Shooting locations:
Toronto
Cities for response:
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna
Storyline
"EXP" is a cyber sexual drama about hook-up culture and online video game streaming that captures a naturalistic approach drawing from film influences like Edward Yang's "Yi Yi" (2000).
Short Synopsis: "Despite sharing a cramped single bedroom apartment, a mother and son grow increasingly alienated with each other. In their loneliness, they each delve into their own worlds in search of love."
Production states: "The director Ted Sakowsky has many accolades including a Tiff Canada Top Ten short film premiere. This project is promoting his debut feature film."
Our film is funded by Telefilm's Talent to Watch and we will be casting for the lead and supporting roles.
Short Synopsis: "Despite sharing a cramped single bedroom apartment, a mother and son grow increasingly alienated with each other. In their loneliness, they each delve into their own worlds in search of love."
Production states: "The director Ted Sakowsky has many accolades including a Tiff Canada Top Ten short film premiere. This project is promoting his debut feature film."
Our film is funded by Telefilm's Talent to Watch and we will be casting for the lead and supporting roles.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Robert | Male 22 - 25 Years old |
Description Robert is a gamer who lives with his estranged mother in a single bedroom apartment. He is a high school dropout, who spends most of his time online, playing games with his few friends. Robert is also friends with Maya, a streamer who he has known for nearly a decade. He tries to get closer to her by helping her out with her stream. Outside of his online world, Robert has no friends until he meets Sam, his chaotic coworker at Jumbo Burgers. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Maria | Female 39 - 45 Years old |
Description Maria is a single mother who is disillusioned with dating, and lives a mundane existence working at a sex shop. She carries on a fragile relationship with Mikhail, who prefers cheap thrills and exhibitionism over romance, which is somewhat contrary to her relationship goals. The absence of a close relationship with her son has also taken a toll on her emotional life, so she sometimes overcompensates and mothers him even more than is necessary. **The role requires full frontal nudity along with 5 intimate scenes. **Polish / Ukranian speaking is a plus but not a deal breaker. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting Lead | Sam | Male 20 - 30 Years old |
Description Sam is Robert’s extroverted coworker, who almost seems completely free of worries. He often indulges in weed, and transforms into an overperformative animal in front of women. His quirks aside, he is an empathetic friend, and rather down to earth when someone approaches him with their problems. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Maya | Female 18 - 25 Years old |
Description Maya is a videogame streamer who has known Robert for years. Her channel has recently exploded in popularity, especially due to her cosplaying. She is charismatic, and somewhat outgoing, though she sometimes makes it unclear to Robert whether she only sees him as a friend. Maya also lives relatively close to Robert, only a few neighborhoods away, but they have never seen each other in person. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Mikhail | Male 40 - 50 Years old |
Description Mikhail is Maria’s unreliable boyfriend. He doesn’t have much of a filter, and is an exhibitionist at heart. He takes any opportunity that comes his way to fulfill his desires. He is a bit nostalgic of his homeland, and enjoys listening to Slavic folk music. **The role requires full frontal nudity along with 4 intimate scenes. **Polish / Ukranian speaking is a plus but not a deal breaker. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Lia | Female 20 - 35 Years old |
Description LIA is a younger, hedonistic woman, whose lifestyle involves extensive partying and sleeping around. She frequents Maria’s work, and finds her attractive. Lia lives in an apartment attached to her parents’ house. She doesn’t think much about the future. **The role requires full frontal nudity along with 1 intimate scene. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Jake | Male 40 - 50 Years old |
Description Jake is the owner of Jumbo Burgers and also the boss of both Robert and Sam. He is a hardworking, oldschool, bluecollar guy, and prefers resolving issues by talking in person. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | VIDEOJONES | Male 35 - 50 Years old |
Description VIDEOJONES, known only by his online screen-name, is a disabled pornographer. He survived a horrendous car accident which tragically rendered him mostly paralyzed, and he has spent the last few years building his pornography channel, which mostly showcases closeups of women being orally pleasured. His apartment is also a mess, and he sometimes has his relatives come over to help clean up, but they are usually neglectful. **The role requires nudity. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Veronica | Female 20 - 30 Years old |
Description VERONICA is more of an unhinged streamer than Maya, broadcasting to a wild, after hours audience. She remains unfazed by the most grotesque things, and even finds humour in them. She often wears provocative costumes. ** The role is additionally open to Non-Binary and Trans-female casting. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | SECURITY GUARD | Male 30 - 40 Years old |
Description SECURITY GUARD at Mikhail’s condominium. He deals with the riffraff of the night. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Hayley | Female 18 - 25 Years old |
Description Hayley, along with her friend M and Jen, enjoys clubbing. She is the most upfront and talkative of her friends, and often voices her opinion without reservation. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Jen | Female 18 - 25 Years old |
Description Jen, along with her friend Haley and M, is a rabid partygoer. Though she enjoys indulging in the city’s nightlife, she is an ascetic when it comes to food, and eats sparingly. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | M. | Female 18 - 25 Years old |
Description M, along with her friend Jen and Hayley, enjoys Toronto’s nightlife scene. She goes clubbing once in a while, but has a bit of an excessive edge to her, which normally results in her having trouble holding her liquor. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Voice-Over / Voice-Only | PRIV | Male 20 - 30 Years old |
Description PRIV, who is only known through his screenname, is one of Robert’s discord friends. He is a bit of an elitist, and is quick to make comebacks during their correspondences. He is also somewhat ruthless. ** Performed online in real-time | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Voice-Over / Voice-Only | BRIAN | Male 20 - 30 Years old |
Description BRIAN, whose creative discord name comes from his own name, is also among Robert’s online friends. He is antagonistic, and easily jealous, and often attacks PID or Robert, who he recognizes as easy targets, even though they have been playing games together for years. His antagonism isn’t serious, though he manages to get people riled up once in a while. ** Performed online in real-time | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Voice-Over / Voice-Only | PID | Male 20 - 30 Years old |
Description PID, who is only known through his screenname, is one of Robert’s discord friends. He sometimes acts as if he is a fool, but he has a kind personality to everyone, except Brian, who he often locks horns with. ** Performed online in real-time | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Voice-Over / Voice-Only | CHELSEAGURL #1 | Female 25 - 35 Years old |
Description CHELSEAGURL 1. Along with her partner, she is an active member of an online kink community. She enjoys roleplaying with her partner through imaginative erotic scenarios. ** Performed online in real-time | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Voice-Over / Voice-Only | CHELSEAGURL #2 | Female 25 - 35 Years old |
Description CHELSEAGURL 2. Just like her partner, the other CHELSEAGURL, she is an active member in an online kink community. She enjoys roleplaying with her partner through imaginative erotic scenarios, and often fishes through the community to bring along additional participants, which is how she locates Robert. ** Performed online in real-time | ||