Details
Union:
Non union
Area of media:
Short Film
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
Non-Union, Rate for Ana 300$/Shoot-Day, Rate for Afonso, Gabriel, Property Manger, Priest 200$/Shoot-Day
Deadline:
May 4, 2026
Shooting starts:
Early August 2026 (3-Day Shoot)
Shooting locations:
Toronto, GTA
Cities for response:
Toronto
Storyline
On Good Friday, an elderly Portuguese immigrant who believes she has risen from the dead hosts a final Easter dinner before she is evicted from her apartment. Her family begins to question her mental faculties when dinner is delayed for the arrival of her long-deceased sister.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Ana | Female 60 - 90 Years old |
Description Ana is a Portuguese woman in her 70-80s, who immigrated to Toronto from Madeira, Portugal in the 1960s. She is spiritual and superstitious, and a good practicing catholic. When she wakes up believing she has risen from the dead, she is focused and determined to understand the meaning behind this by giving a final Easter dinner. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Afonso | Male 60 - 90 Years old |
Description Afonso is ex-Ana's husband, though he remains her only acquaintance since her sister’s death. Having lived a life of hard, manual labour, he is practical, logical, and as a result, brutish. Wanting deeply to keep his Portuguese traditions alive, his practicalness typically prevents him from doing so. Sceptical of Ana’s supernatural theories, he does not entertain her proposition that she has been brought back from the dead, wishing only for a predictable dinner. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Gabriel | Male 30 - 40 Years old |
Description Gabriel is Ana and Afonso's 30-year-old son. A Canadian child, he doesn’t particularly care for his Portuguese heritage, and is impartial to keeping its traditions alive, never growing roots in his culture. He is oblivious to the emotional states of his parents, causing him to seek infantile comforts during dinner. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Priest | Male 40 - 60 Years old |
Description The Priest of Ana’s church. Reasoning but polite, always choosing his words wisely, religious faith is more science than mysticism. When Ana confesses that she believes she's risen from the dead, he meets her with kindness, but finding it difficult to believe, suggests reason and sense. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Property Manager | Male 25 - 45 Years old |
Description The face of Paradise Property, he is robotic, corporate, and artificially friendly. He is all smiles and positivity, despite giving the news that your house is being taken away. When confronted with emotions from Ana (the tenant of whom he is taking the apartment away), he is clumsy in reaction, locked up by his lack of humanity. | ||