Film School
CFC THE STORY - SAM FAM
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Details
Union:
Union or Non union
Area of media:
Film School
Network:
Paid?:
No
Rates:
Open to ACTRA & Non-Union performers. Unpaid as per ACTRA/CFC agreement
Deadline:
Sept 6, 2024
Shooting starts:
Oct 24, 2024 
Shooting finishes:
Oct 25, 2024 
Cities for response:
Toronto
Comments
2 shoot days + up to 4hrs of unpaid rehearsal time + up to 1 hour paid hair & make-up consult

STORY films are 10-15 minute shorts from directors, producers and editors in the Norman Jewison Film Program at the Canadian Film Centre. The films are professionally produced in the fall, edited before the New Year, and submitted to the international festival circuit. Recent STORY films have premiered at TIFF, VIFF, CIFF, Fantasia and many more! This is a chance for actors to connect with Canada’s most exciting emerging talent, both on and off screen, and to collaborate with writer/directors on a piece that supports a feature film in development.

Andy Reid (he/him) is a filmmaker and actor based in Toronto. Often combining the mundane and the absurd, his work takes interest in the ways life reveals itself to be ridiculous. His most recent short, Testing, which he is currently developing as a feature, screened at festivals across the globe, including Atlantic International Film Festival, Queer Screen Sydney, and Inside Out Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award at the festival’s Ottawa iteration. He is an alumnus of Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Image Arts, and holds a BFA in Film Studies.
Storyline
When internet famous, eleven-year-old Wexton develops a rash on his hand, his parents see it as an opportunity to fulfill a brand deal they have with a consumer goods company. As his allergic reaction grows, tension between the pair does too, and they’re soon confronted with their own self-interest in this wry look at stage parents in the digital age.

Note: the humour in this is very dry and grounded tonally. Please submit performers accordingly!
Roles
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadMOMFemale 38 - 43 Years old
Description
Female, late 30s-early 40s, any ethnicity. The brains behind her family’s social media channel. Mom is a woman a little too aware of how she may be perceived, likely because their audience holds her to a different standard than the rest of the family. Wexton doesn’t seem to be as interested as he once was, and while he’s scratching at an allergic reaction, Mom is grappling with the realization that her sense of self, her validation, and even her money all come from a child who is supposed to depend on her. LEAD.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadWEXTONMale 12 - 15 Years old
Description
Male, 12+ to play 11 years old, any ethnicity. From first steps to bed wetting to speech pathology, every aspect of Wexton’s life has been documented and viewed on the internet, and now he’s starting to rebel against a complete lack of privacy he’s grown up with as normal. He and his parents have agreed to scale back their content creation to one day a week so that he can be a regular kid, but when he starts having an allergic reaction on their workday, he feels obliged to tough it out. LEAD. (Twins are encouraged to submit - this role involves special effects makeup and light swearing.)
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadDADMale 38 - 43 Years old
Description
Male, late 30s - early 40s, any ethnicity. After over a decade, Dad still hasn’t gotten used to toeing the line between parent and producer. Mom started a successful social media channel about raising their son, Wexton, which the family soon started pursuing full time, but Dad is trying his best to contribute in an environment that could still run successfully without him. He knows Wexton, on the other hand, is needed to keep the whole thing afloat, but he seems less interested by the day. Looking for strong comedic performers. LEAD.