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Casting Call for a Student Film "A Period Piece"

Vancouver, BC, Canada
ID: 275813Exp: 1/12/2025
Description:

ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE AMDITTED. Seeking cast to play roles in a student film "A Period Piece". Please, see the details below. About the project: Living your first life is hard. Especially when its hard to remember if it all counts. A Period Piece is about being okay with 'just okay.' Our main character, The Woman is boggled in her mind. Day by day, she tries to interact with the world polietly but is often brushed off non chalantly. She is here but her brain is always running somewhere else. Eventually though, she comes to the conclusion on a whim that nothing matters and thats just okay. Nothing extrordinary happens to her and thats okay. Its also about the triibulations women face leading up to their period. Rate: Non-union or union actors. Unpaid. Additional information: The lead character can be played by any race but must be comfortable with smoking herbal cigarettes (nicotine cigarettes will not be used, only prop cigarettes). The supporting character an older man MUST also be comfortable with smoking herbal cigarettes. Directors will be shooting on January 13th and 14th of 2025. The film explores themes like, optimistic nihlism, hope, self doubt and feminity. Please, see the attachment. If you're interested, please apply.

2 roles

The womanFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Lead. The Woman is a representation of the constant battle we are in within our minds. She is your nextdoor neighbour and the girl you see on the bus sometimes. She is just surviving like everyone else. The Woman is articulate and lives a simple life.

An Older ManMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Supporting. An Older man sits next to The Woman on a park bench and reads his news paper. The woman next to him tries to make friends but he awkwardly rejects her.