Details
Union:
Union or Non union
Area of media:
Film School
Network:
Paid?:
No
Rates:
Non-Paid Student Film
Deadline:
Nov 21, 2025
Auditions:
If Unavailable, self-tapes accepted on request
Callbacks:
Via Zoom TBC
Shooting starts:
Feb 20, 2026
Shooting finishes:
Feb 26, 2026
Shooting locations:
Niagara College Welland - 100 Niagara College Blvd, Welland, ON
Cities for response:
Toronto
Comments
We can accept union and non-union actors through our student agreement with ACTRA. This a non-paying student film and no permit is required. Actors will receive a copy of the finished film for their demo reel.
Meals, Transportations, and Accommodations will be provided for as part of the shoot.
Meals, Transportations, and Accommodations will be provided for as part of the shoot.
Storyline
AVERY is suffering from severe insomnia, and he’s ready to try anything to get better. After receiving a unique prescription, Avery realises the side effects allow him to control what quickly become progressively lucid dreams. In them, he meets GREY, a manifestation of his subconscious that tries to convince him that he should forget the memory of his Mother. With Grey as his guide, he becomes obsessed with a belief that by altering his dreams he can change his past, and in turn his waking sense of self. But as he progresses into a deeper maze of fractured sleep-state, the truth behind the memories of his mother begin to surface, and he’s forced to confront what he’s repressed for years: the fact he may have caused her death. Will he have the strength to forgive himself for his past mistakes? Will the Mother of his dreams allow him to move on with his life?
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Avery | All 20 - 29 Years old |
Description Avery, is struggling with severe insomnia, and the depression that goes with it. In a last-ditch effort to sleep, he agrees to a new prescription he hopes will finally get him some rest. But when he discovers the side-effects of the new meds give him power over his dreaming, he quickly becomes addicted to the misguided idea that he might be able to not only repress his past through his dreams, but re-invent it. As he slips further into self-deceit the memory of his mother re-emerges, and with it the regret from which he can’t hide. Will Grey protect him from the truth, and if he can’t, will Avery have the strength to confront it? | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Grey | All 20 - 29 Years old |
Description Grey is a personification of Avery’s dreaming subconscious mind. As he guides Avery through the maze of his past, he does everything he can to protect him, even if that means keeping him from the truth. With tough-love mixed with empathy, he at first taunts and then urges Avery to forget what he’s repressed. He knows that if Avery realises the tragedy in his past was not his fault, he’ll be forced to move on with his life, which would also result in Grey’s own demise. He wants what he thinks is best for Avery, because he knows that forgetting is sometimes easier than forgiveness. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Doctor Weston | All 35 - 45 Years old |
Description An overworked, yet empathetic and professionally respected Psychiatrist who is struggling to stabilize Avery’s medication-resistant insomnia. When she decides to prescribe him an alternate medication she feels will lead to results, she doesn’t suspect that Avery will lie to her about the rare but potentially harmful side-effects. Hoping that once his sleep is back on track she’ll be able to help him unearth with the real reasons behind his symptoms, she is progressively deceived by Avery’s facade of recovery, unaware that he is falling further into addition and a dangerous stage of denial. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Mother | Female 35 - 45 Years old |
Description As Avery’s dreams drop him into key memories from his past, his MOTHER appears as the mom she was to him at the time: first as a young boy, then a pre-teen, and finally the tragic moment of his adolescence that led to her untimely death. Through each phase of Avery’s life she is the caring, busy caregiver that is often stretched too thin as a parent. As Avery comes face to face with his deepest regret, will she be able to convince him not only to forgive himself, but that he still has everything to live for? | ||