Details
Union:
Union or Non union
Area of media:
Short Film
Network:
Paid?:
No
Rates:
UBCP/ACTRA. We welcome submissions by both union and non-union talent. Artists will be engaged on an ACTRA/UBCP Ultra Low Budget 40 Under Indie Agreement contract.
Deadline:
Aug 1, 2023
Shooting locations:
Vancouver, Abbotsford, Harrison Hot Springs
Cities for response:
Vancouver
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Oldrich “Ricky” Dobiáš | Male 22 - 35 Years old |
Description Ricky is a confident and clever artist torn between living his best life and being reclusive due to an extraordinary talent. Open to anything adventurous, Ricky meets, and falls hard for, Emily, an out-going waitress. After he reveals a dark secret about his Czech heritage, Emily is kidnapped and he is forced to save her by blurring the lines between fantasy and reality. Eastern European - Czech, Polish, Slovak, etc background - no accent needed. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Emily Wagner | Female 22 - 35 Years old |
Description Emily Wagner, a waitress with questionable morals, is a manipulative and cunning siren. She grew up with a mentally abusive father and desperately searches for a way to escape the ties that bind. After Emily is kidnapped, her old ways of hurting loved ones catch up to her. Once Emily realizes her wrongdoings, and her own life-changing secret, she tries to save the one true love she’s ever had. German, Austrian, Czech or Slovak, etc background - no accent needed. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Karel Wagner | Male 45 - 55 Years old |
Description Karel Wagner, Emily’s father, is tactless grifter. His abrupt, abrasive nature doesn’t lend itself to a positive relationship with his daughter. It bothers him but he rams those feelings down like the pints he consumes nightly. German, Austrian, Czech or Slovak, etc background - has believable thick accent. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Pepper Lei | Female 20 - 25 Years old |
Description Pepper Lei, Ricky’s roommate, is an intelligent student studying psychology at UBC. Hopelessly stuck between helping her mom with chemo sessions and completing her course load, she secretly loves, and will do anything for, Ricky. Her sassy demeanour comes off clingy and protective to others but Ricky lets it slide. Asian descent. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Bit Part | Security Guard | Male 30 - 45 Years old |
Description Awkward and overzealous security guard at the museum misled by Peppers advances. | ||