Details
Union:
Union or Non union
Area of media:
Short Film
Network:
Paid?:
No
Rates:
Unpaid as per ACTRA/CFC agreement for 8+1 shoot day and up to 4 hours of rehearsal. Overtime paid at 35% of the ACTRA IPA, if incurred.
Deadline:
Oct 9, 2026
Callbacks:
N/A
Shooting starts:
Nov 11, 2026 1 day shoot + 4 hour rehearsal (on Nov 9 OR 10)
Shooting finishes:
Nov 11, 2026
Shooting locations:
GTA
Cities for response:
Toronto
Comments
These one-day shoots are called “VOICE” and they are professionally produced 5 minute productions designed to showcase the writer’s voice and one of their feature length projects in development. VOICE productions are a carefully crafted moment or scene that connects an audience to what’s at the heart of the writer’s feature. These pieces will be screened at an Industry Showcase event for The Norman Jewison Film Program and will eventually be available online through the CFC’s YouTube channel for further viewing.
Greg Wayne is an AFI Conservatory graduate and current CFC Writers’ Lab resident. He was named one of MovieMaker Magazine’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch and his work has appeared on the annual Black List twice.
Greg Wayne is an AFI Conservatory graduate and current CFC Writers’ Lab resident. He was named one of MovieMaker Magazine’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch and his work has appeared on the annual Black List twice.
Storyline
In a very near future where assisted suicide is legal at age twenty-one, two strangers meet at a death clinic on their twenty-first birthdays and impulsively decide to spend their last twenty-four hours together. *Contains discussion of suicide/assisted death.*
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | RICHARD | Male 21 - 25 Years old |
Description Male, 21, Any Ethnicity. Feels completely alone, hopeless, and emotionally numb. Sees assisted death as his only way out, but is really just desperate to connect with someone. Nervous, quietly struggling, sweet, lost. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | MARILYN | Female 21 - 25 Years old |
Description Female, 21, Any Ethnicity. Lost her family in a car accident a year ago and sees assisted death as a way to reunite with them in an afterlife she is convinced exists. In anticipation of her death, she’s spent most of her time drunk, doing something really fun, or both. Sees her last day alive as a celebration. Uses humour to deflect from her pain. Impulsive, emotionally guarded. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | DR. THOMPSON | Male 50 - 59 Years old |
Description Male, 50s, Any Ethnicity. Physician at an assisted death clinic. Fatherly, empathetic. Wants to help his emotionally-suffering patients more than his job allows him to. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | NURSE PRINZE | Female 40 - 49 Years old |
Description Female, 40s, Any Ethnicity. Nurse Practitioner at an assisted death clinic. Very by-the-book. Hides behind procedure to avoid the emotional toll of the job. | ||