Details
Union:
Union
Area of media:
Feature Film
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Deadline:
Mar 22, 2024
Shooting starts:
Aug 1, 2024 O/A (4 weeks between Aug. 1- Sept 30)
Shooting finishes:
Sept 30, 2024 O/A (4 weeks between Aug. 1- Sept 30)
Shooting locations:
Vancouver and environs (most likely out of the zone)
Cities for response:
Vancouver
Comments
Looking for Speakers of Japanese And/Or Okinawan
Storyline
Set during fire season in British Columbia, Erika must force her grandmother to leave their
family farm as wildfires rage through the interior. The film intersects the intergenerational trauma of a grandmother who survived the War of Okinawa, the history of Japanese-Canadians in Canada and the effects of climate change in our province.
family farm as wildfires rage through the interior. The film intersects the intergenerational trauma of a grandmother who survived the War of Okinawa, the history of Japanese-Canadians in Canada and the effects of climate change in our province.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | OBAACHAN | Female 60 - 80 Years old |
Description Please submit actors of Okinawan or Japanese descent. Miko (or to Erika Oba) is one of the most resilient people you will ever meet, but is also haunted by her past. A child during the war of Okinawa and a teen and young adult during American occupation Oba fought, hid and stole to survive and if that wasn’t hard enough, immigrated to Canada with her husband and built out an entire life and strawberry farm here. One she thought her children and children’s children would love and take over for her. But her daughter’s and granddaughters’ lack of interest in the farm has convinced her she must keep it alive, despite ongoing wildfires. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | HOTARU | Male 60 - 85 Years old |
Description Looking For Speakers of Okinawan or Japanese descent. Hotaru or "Mr.H" as he is affectionely known, is an Okinawan-Canadian farmer, He laughs louder and harder than most and with his wife back in Okinawan and his kids living in Mainland Japan, Obaachan is Mr. H's closest friend. | ||