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Open Roles in a Paid Short Film “Written in the Stars”

Toronto, ON, Canada
ID: 297148Exp: 11/7/2025
online audition
Description:

ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Casting actors for a short film “Written in the Stars”. Please, see the details below. About the project: Niibin, a young nish woman is very much single after a situationship and comes to meet a guy, Kinew, hidden in plain sight at the right place, right time. Will she allow herself to be open to kind, gentle, native love? Rate: PAID. ACTRA ONLY. Additional information: SHOOTING DATES: TBD, but 3 days sometime between Dec. 2 and 8, 2025. Specific roles only needed for 1 or 2 days of shooting, or recording. All applicants MUST be located within Toronto or the GTA and able to get themselves from and to the filming locations. DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: November 7, 2025. When applying, please submit the following: Head shot and acting CV (optional); ACTRA Member Status & Number; Demo reel or self tape; A short note about yourself and what draws you to the role.

4 roles

DANIELMale25-29 y.o.All ethnicities

1 day. Ex-boyfriend of Niibin. Daniel is the typical indie dude that is egotistical. Has a very nonchalant attitude and has charm. How he dresses himself is very effortless.

KINEW’S FRIENDMale25-29 y.o.All ethnicities

Non-speaking role. (2 days). Best friend of Kinew. He is a gentle, alternative dude with good fashion taste. He’s a supportive friend to Kinew.

VOICE OVERFemale56-59 y.o.All ethnicities

Non-camera role. Indigenous. (1 day). Narrator for the love story unfolding. Has wisdom in their voice. Think of Grandmother Moon.

BACKGROUND ACTORSBoth genders18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

(1 day) Indie and alternative music scene people with interesting fashion taste.