Details
Union:
Non union
Area of media:
Feature Film
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
PREVIEW TRAILER SHOOT
These roles are being cast for the feature film Paid but Forgotten.
The actors selected through this process will carry forward into the feature.
An initial non-union, unpaid proof-of-concept preview shoot will take place to capture approximately 15 seconds of finished performance footage per role for a 45-second funding trailer supporting post-production grant applications.
Preview shoot timeframe: ASAP — January to early February 2026
Time commitment: approximately 1–2 hours per actor
FEATURE COMPENSATION
When the feature moves into full production, principal roles will be paid $225/day, with contracts issued at that stage. Financing and grant funding are actively in progress.
Deadline:
Jan 23, 2026
Auditions:
Selected actors will receive sides.
Shooting starts:
Jan 27, 2026
Shooting locations:
Vancouver
Cities for response:
Vancouver
Comments
Independent feature film currently in development. Casting principal roles for a proof-of-concept preview shoot leading into full feature production. Preview shoot scheduled January–early February 2026. Feature principal photography scheduled February 2026 in Vancouver.
Storyline
Paid but Forgotten follows Jack, a once-celebrated novelist now living in isolation, who becomes convinced that unseen forces are shaping his life. As he struggles to write again, strange coincidences, repeating patterns, and fractured memories collapse past and present into a single unfolding design. Across city streets, courtrooms, housing projects, nightclubs, and echoes of 1920s Europe and New York, lives intersect — a journalist chasing a story that feels too personal, a community leader fighting to build something lasting, and a man who may be both author and character in his own fate.
A psychological thriller about authorship, destiny, violence, and reinvention — where meaning may be something we write… or something that writes us.
Visual tone: Modern black-and-white cinematography with selective color accents. Intimate, cinematic, character-driven.
A psychological thriller about authorship, destiny, violence, and reinvention — where meaning may be something we write… or something that writes us.
Visual tone: Modern black-and-white cinematography with selective color accents. Intimate, cinematic, character-driven.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Rhonda | Female 35 - 50 Years old |
Description Female, 35–50. Black performers strongly encouraged to submit.A high-profile investigative journalist — sharp, charismatic, relentless. Rhonda lives in the public eye interviewing global figures, yet beneath the polish is a woman who senses stories before they surface. Professional curiosity gradually becomes personal entanglement as she steps into a reality that refuses to stay contained. Essence: Commanding presence, intelligence, warmth, underlying tension. A prestige-level role with authority, dialogue, and emotional depth. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Leroy | Male 35 - 50 Years old |
Description Male, 30–50. Indigenous / First Nations strongly encouraged.A survivor rebuilding his life while helping others do the same. Once lost to addiction and the street, Leroy now mentors his community and is chosen to help lead a new housing project offering second chances. Grounded, soulful, quietly powerful — until systemic forces threaten what he has built. Essence: Dignity, restraint, inner strength. A deeply human role with emotional and physical storytelling. | ||