Details
Union:
Non union
Area of media:
Feature Film
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Deadline:
Feb 19, 2026
Shooting starts:
May 1, 2026
Shooting finishes:
June 30, 2026
Shooting locations:
Villa de Leyva, Colombia & Bogotá, Colombia
Cities for response:
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, New York, Regina, Saskatoon, Los Angeles, Winnipeg, London (UK), San Francisco, Las Vegas, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Detroit, Austin, Portland, Phoenix, Seattle, San Diego, Dallas, Columbus, San Jose, Denver, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Provo, Salt Lake City, Columbia, Charlottetown, Indianapolis, Wilmington, Hartford, Tallahasse, Tampa, Honolulu, Frankfort, Baltimore, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Nashville, St. John's, Liverpool, Manchester, Raleigh, Knoxville, Richmond, Shreveport, Houston, Oklahoma City, Jackson, Charleston, Orlando, Sudbury, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Malaga, Seville, La Coruña, Sacramento, Albuquerque, Kelowna, Bilbao, St. Louis, San Antonio, Trenton, Newark, Murcia, Pamplona, Philadelphia, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Lake Tahoe
Storyline
Set during the Mexican–American War of 1848, siblings Catarino and Romana are orphaned after the murder of their parents. After surviving the massacre of their village, they are taken in at the mansion of Lorenzo, a family friend, and his fragile wife, Isabel. As Isabel attempts to “civilize” the siblings, the house begins to manifest strange phenomena—apparitions that grow increasingly disturbing, violent, and terrifying—leading them down a path they never could have imagined.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Small Principal | Thomas Fergusson | Male 45 - 60 Years old |
Description Supporting Role. White American man, rigid and broad-built, impeccably dressed, with a commanding, domineering presence. Thomas Fergusson is an ambitious landowner—opportunistic, volatile, and driven by entitlement. Cold and calculating, he shows open contempt toward Mexicans, expressing an unapologetically classist and racist worldview. He embodies colonial power and the postwar seizure of land, determined to impose a new order that erases and displaces the original landowners. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Small Principal | Grace | Female 30 - 40 Years old |
Description Supporting Role. White woman, tall, with sharp features and haughty manners. Grace Fergusson is cold, classist, and superficial. She looks down on what she considers “savage” and regards Romana and Catarino with condescension. Although more restrained than her husband, she shares his elitist worldview. A devout and practicing Christian, she embodies a deep moral contradiction: outwardly committed to God’s laws, yet inwardly dismissive and contemptuous of anyone who is different from herself. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Small Principal | William | Male 15 - 20 Years old |
Description Supporting Role. Young, handsome American man. William is noble in nature, raised under a strict Christian doctrine. Though generally kind and well-mannered, he cannot fully escape his parents’ elitist and colonial worldview. Dutiful and obedient—to both his household and God—he follows rules unquestioningly, even when that obedience leads him toward misfortune. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Small Principal | Mary | Female 8 - 12 Years old |
Description Supporting Role. A blonde girl, daughter of Thomas and Grace Fergusson, with the same sharp expression as her mother- almost doll-like in appearance. Mary is a peculiar child: playful, mischievous, and willful. She delights in getting her way, and there is something faintly cruel about her nature, she takes pleasure in her pranks, even when they cause harm to others. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Day Player | Charles Waldo | Male 28 - 40 Years old |
Description Day Player. Young, handsome American man, impeccably dressed and effortlessly elegant. Charles Waldo is a highly respected surveyor, among the finest in the United States. Serious and disciplined, he has arrived from Connecticut to measure and map the land Mexico lost in the war against the United States. | ||