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The Break-Up

Full Name (Your name, not company):

Curtis He

E-Mail Address:

[email protected]

Phone Number:

2502318989

Production Company or School:

Capilano University

Producer(s):

Curtis He

Director(s):

Emily English

Casting Director(s):

Curtis He

Audition Location:

Demo Reels / Audition Tapes Only

Shoot / Performance Location(s):

Capilano University / Bosa Centre / Studio C

Compensation / Rates:

This is a non-union student short film, with no monetary compensation. Compensation will be in the form of on-set craft services and a copy of the finished product to include within your resume.

Synopsis:

After ending their relationship on seemingly good terms, Daniel drops by his ex’s apartment to retrieve his belongings. However, upon arrival, he begins to sense something amiss. The place is dimly lit by candles, sheets of plastic line the floors and walls of the bedroom, and bottles of bleach lay scattered in the hallway. What sinister intentions hide behind that smile of hers?

Submission Instructions:

If you're interested please email [email protected] with your name, resume, and headshots.
We will then provide you with an excerpt from the script to read over. After doing so, please record an audition tape for your preferred role and email the video back to [email protected]
-Thank you!

Additional Comments & Safety Protocol (see help text below field):

Regarding COVID safety protocols, all crew members will be wearing face masks and shields. Actors also must wear face masks and a provided face shield at all times, except during the shoot.

Audition Date(s):

March 4, 2021 : (FINAL)

Character 1 Name:

Annie

Character 1 Age:

Character 1 Description:

A young brunette. Average build, exceptionally clean and formal, yet causes an aura of strange uneasiness around her.

Character 2 Age:

Character 2 Name:

Daniel

Character 2 Description:

A slim, nervous and restless looking young male. With messy hair and tired bags under his eyes. He wears whatever he finds in the closet, throwing outfits together with no real care.

Shoot / Performance Date(s):

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 @8:15 am (CALL TIMES MAY VARY)

Project Category:

Union Status:

Character 1 Gender:

Character 2 Gender:

Is this a Student Production?:

Yes

Submission Deadline:

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Is there guaranteed monetary compensation, if cast?:

Confirm Email Address:

[email protected]

A Howl in the Night

Full Name (Your name, not company):

Liam Riley

E-Mail Address:

[email protected]

Phone Number:

7782450169

Production Company or School:

Walnut House Pictures

Producer(s):

Liam Riley, Will Riley, Tommy Gillis, Brett Andersen

Director(s):

Liam Riley, Will Riley

Casting Director(s):

Liam Riley, Will Riley

Audition Location:

Online-only

Shoot / Performance Location(s):

Kelowna

Compensation / Rates:

No compensation. Free accommodation, including meals.

Synopsis:

After waking up in the middle of the road, Chaney discovers he's killed his friends. He escapes to a secluded area where his identity is tested.

Submission Instructions:

Please send your tape to both [email protected] and [email protected].

Please include in your self tape a brief introduction about yourself and answer the following questions. 1. What do you think of the screenplay? 2. What do you think of the character? 3. Why do you think the character is important? Following these answers, please include a quick run through of each of the important moments for THE MAN as you see them in the screenplay.

We understand casting for a role with no dialogue in an online environment is not ideal, but most importantly we would like to get to know you as a person, so your answers to these questions are just as important as your performance.

Additional Comments & Safety Protocol (see help text below field):

We have a COVID-19 safety plan to comply with provincial and regional protocols.

Audition Date(s):

Final Date March 30th

Character 1 Name:

The Man

Character 1 Age:

23-29

Character 1 Description:

A smaller part, no dialogue, but important moments. Here is the screenplay, the character in question is THE MAN. He first appears on page 6. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R59AQj2nFyJ7W6hbk1G8-DE41yn5Uxp-/view?usp=sharing

Shoot / Performance Date(s):

May 29,30,31

Project Category:

Film

Union Status:

Non-Union

Character 1 Gender:

Male

Is this a Student Production?:

Yes

Submission Deadline:

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Is there guaranteed monetary compensation, if cast?:

Confirm Email Address:

[email protected]

Daddy

Full Name (Your name, not company):

austin jamieson

E-Mail Address:

[email protected]

Phone Number:

7783211622

Production Company or School:

Middle of the Night Productions

Producer(s):

austin jamieson

Director(s):

austin jamieson

Casting Director(s):

austin jamieson

Audition Location:

online-only

Shoot / Performance Location(s):

Vancouver

Compensation / Rates:

N/A

Synopsis:

Daddy is a short film about a online sex worker taking on the responsibility of caregiver for her apocalypse prepping nephew. In a city where the homeless are animal hybrids, he'll have to teach her how to adapt and she'll have teach him how to have fun.

Submission Instructions:

Please send a picture of headshot, basic information and contact info.

Additional Comments & Safety Protocol (see help text below field):

We will be filming outside with limited, fully masked crew. We'll make sure to social distance, do health screenings and do anything else necessary to ensure a safe set.

Audition Date(s):

March 2nd - 6th

Character 1 Name:

Addict Rabbit

Character 1 Age:

20 - 30

Character 1 Description:

FEATURED EXTRA - sporting 90's nightclub attire, Addict Rabbit puts the speed in speed freak.

Character 2 Age:

50s~

Character 2 Name:

Tragic Tiger

Character 2 Description:

FEATURED EXTRA - Tragic Tiger dawns his stripes with pride, having seen what the jungle can do they know the streets better than most.

Character 3 Name:

Peacock Pimp

Character 3 Age:

30 - 60

Character 3 Description:

FEATURED EXTRA - Peacock Pimp is about as flashy as you can get, don't get it twisted though his flagrant attire is just to mask the ruthless king pin underneath.

Character 4 Name:

Doomsday Deer

Character 4 Age:

OPEN

Character 4 Description:

FEATURED EXTRA - THE SKY IS FALLING!!! ...well for Doomsday Deer it is. With large signs and a message to spread, doomsday deer won't stop till everyone knows the END IS DEER.

Character 5 Name:

Risky Racoon

Character 5 Age:

20 - 30

Character 5 Description:

FEATURED EXTRA - Risky Racoon is a timid, dumpster dweller always on the look out for the next sign of trouble. With a troubled past, she trusts no one.

Shoot / Performance Date(s):

March 7th

Project Category:

Union Status:

Character 1 Gender:

Character 2 Gender:

Character 3 Gender:

Character 4 Gender:

Character 5 Gender:

Is this a Student Production?:

Submission Deadline:

Saturday, March 6, 2021

Is there guaranteed monetary compensation, if cast?:

Confirm Email Address:

[email protected]

Bar Heist

Full Name (Your name, not company):

Siddharth Sanjay

E-Mail Address:

[email protected]

Phone Number:

6044177257

Production Company or School:

Capilano University

Producer(s):

Siddharth Sanjay

Director(s):

Jack McCullagh

Casting Director(s):

Siddharth Sanjay, Markus Shemdin

Audition Location:

Clips to be uploaded to the site.

Shoot / Performance Location(s):

BOSA Building, Capilano University

Compensation / Rates:

Add to Demo Reel and Lunch

Synopsis:

Ron and Don, two recovering alcoholics, break into the local bar to rob the place. Don quickly realizes this might have been a bad idea while Ron begins drinking. Quickly after, Ron finds a safe, only to smash it on the ground which is successful in opening it. Only for the two to find the bar has invested in an expensive bottle of whiskey. Knowing this Ron tricks Don into getting hammered. Once he successfully gets him hammered, Ron tries to get away with the expensive whiskey while Don lays passed out on the ground. The one problem is Ron is as equally hammered.....and passes out too.

Submission Instructions:

Contact: [email protected]

Additional Comments & Safety Protocol (see help text below field):

Actors have wear their own face masks and a provided face shield at all times except during the shoot.

Audition Date(s):

FINAL : 4th March 2021, 11:59 P.M.

Character 1 Name:

Ron

Character 1 Age:

20-30

Character 1 Description:

An overly confident, screwy, playful man who is drinking most of the time. Almost acts as an elder brother who is terrible influence on Don.

Character 2 Age:

20-30

Character 2 Name:

Don

Character 2 Description:

An odd twitchy, unconfident fellow who is easily influenced.

Shoot / Performance Date(s):

9th March, 2021, 8:15 A.M.

Project Category:

Union Status:

Character 1 Gender:

Character 2 Gender:

Is this a Student Production?:

Yes

Submission Deadline:

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Is there guaranteed monetary compensation, if cast?:

Confirm Email Address:

[email protected]

The Red Pages

Full Name (Your name, not company):

jaskomal grewal

E-Mail Address:

[email protected]

Phone Number:

7786814345

Production Company or School:

Capilano University

Producer(s):

Matthew Carew

Director(s):

Ian Zentner

Casting Director(s):

Jaskomal Grewal

Audition Location:

Vancouver

Shoot / Performance Location(s):

2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver, BC, V7J 3H5

Compensation / Rates:

Unpaid roles, volunteer project

Synopsis:

Working late and struggling to finish his immense piles of paperwork, John longs to get home to his family. But as he sifts through the piles, he notices a red page that begins speaking to him. The page guides him to his escape from his dreary office, but as he pulls back the curtain, he finds out how his so-called family was a tool put in place to motivate him, and the only thing waiting for him on the other side of the door is a promotion. Facing a moral dilemma, John must decide between relinquishing his free will and continuing to work for the company, or quitting, only to fight a different corporate machine that he can only lose to.

Submission Instructions:

Please submit self-taped auditions via email and include a slate that states your name, agent (if represented) and height at the beginning of your tape.
Email: [email protected]

Additional Comments & Safety Protocol (see help text below field):

We have a COVID-19 safety plan to comply with provincial and regional protocols. Cast and crew will be wearing masks and face shields when in close-proximity to one another and high-touch areas will be continually sanitized.

Audition Date(s):

March 2-6

Character 1 Name:

John

Character 1 Age:

22-28

Character 1 Description:

John is a 22-year-old man who's entire life has revolved around finding a comfortable and stable job to maintain for the rest of his life. He's not a big risk-taker or eccentric, he has been striving for a satisfactory life and nothing more. Unbeknownst to him, John has had life sucked out of him day in and day out. In this story we observe how he finally takes matters into his own hands to escape the corporate stronghold he is stuck in.

Character 2 Age:

25-30

Character 2 Name:

Boss

Character 2 Description:

Boss is a 30-year-old corporate executive who's identity relies heavily on the clean-cut, tailored suit. He was possibly just like John once, many years ago, but since then, any emotion or compassion has been stripped out of him as he assumes the role of a puppeteer, steering John closer to his fate.

Shoot / Performance Date(s):

March 26-28

Project Category:

Union Status:

Character 1 Gender:

Character 2 Gender:

Is this a Student Production?:

Yes

Submission Deadline:

Saturday, March 6, 2021

Is there guaranteed monetary compensation, if cast?:

Confirm Email Address:

[email protected]

Project: Horror

Full Name (Your name, not company):

Ava Maria Safai

E-Mail Address:

[email protected]

Phone Number:

7788473665

Production Company or School:

The Harlequin Theatre Society

Producer(s):

Ava Maria Safai

Director(s):

Ava Maria Safai

Casting Director(s):

Ava Maria Safai

Audition Location:

Online Only

Shoot / Performance Location(s):

Online Only

Compensation / Rates:

Profit share (if we can secure a virtual audience!)

Synopsis:

Currently searching for actors who are passionate about devising their own work to build and perform in an online, immersive, choose-your-own-adventure-style horror play. Details will be discussed with actors selected for callbacks.

Submission Instructions:

Please send an e-mail to [email protected] containing your resume, headshot, and a 1-2 minute contemporary monologue of your choice!

More than happy to accept bios, songs, speeches, press kits, and any other information you feel makes you a good fit for a project like this.

Additional Comments & Safety Protocol (see help text below field):

This is an online opportunity where performers will have the opportunity to work in isolation!

Audition Date(s):

Online Submissions

Character 1 Name:

Open

Character 1 Age:

Open

Character 1 Description:

Open to all ages, genders, ethnicities, and experience levels! We especially love seeing theatre/film school graduates and artists from underrepresented groups.

Shoot / Performance Date(s):

TBD (Summer 2021)

Project Category:

Online / Web Series

Union Status:

Non-Union

Character 1 Gender:

Open

Is this a Student Production?:

Submission Deadline:

Monday, March 8, 2021

Is there guaranteed monetary compensation, if cast?:

Confirm Email Address:

[email protected]

Light work

Full Name (Your name, not company):

Brendan washbern

E-Mail Address:

[email protected]

Phone Number:

2502162971

Production Company or School:

Independent

Casting Director(s):

Brendan Washbern

Audition Location:

Zoom

Compensation / Rates:

Lunch provided

Synopsis:

A mockumentary about a bodybuilders trials and tribulations

Submission Instructions:

Email [email protected] with headshot, demo reel and resume

Additional Comments & Safety Protocol (see help text below field):

Full protocols

Audition Date(s):

March 13

Character 1 Name:

Clerk

Character 1 Age:

18-50

Character 1 Description:

A disinterested very regular store clerk. No patience

Character 2 Age:

18-50

Character 2 Name:

Mickey

Character 2 Description:

A very genuinely nice person. Unshakeable.

Character 3 Name:

Derek

Character 3 Age:

18-50

Character 3 Description:

A bodybuilding competitor, don’t need someone in any specific shape. Overly competitive.

Character 4 Name:

Harrison

Character 4 Age:

18-50

Character 4 Description:

A very creepy guy, way too involved in everyone’s life. Suffocating energy, very lonely.

Shoot / Performance Date(s):

Uncertain, likely on weekends

Project Category:

Union Status:

Character 1 Gender:

Character 2 Gender:

Character 3 Gender:

Character 4 Gender:

Is this a Student Production?:

Submission Deadline:

Friday, March 12, 2021

Is there guaranteed monetary compensation, if cast?:

Confirm Email Address:

[email protected]

Paganono

Full Name (Your name, not company):

Maria (Max) Rodriguez

E-Mail Address:

[email protected]

Phone Number:

(604) 312 4112

Production Company or School:

Vancouver film school

Producer(s):

Maria (Max) Rodriguez Prieto

Director(s):

Fabian Aspell Morales

Casting Director(s):

Maria (Max) Rodriguez Prieto

Audition Location:

Online - only

Shoot / Performance Location(s):

Great Vancouver area

Compensation / Rates:

This is a volunteer project, no compensation will be given other than credits.

Synopsis:

An interlaced tale of time about a family of musicians who fall apart but are forever connected through the ageless sound of music. PAGANONO (39), a deaf schizophrenic makes his way back home to visit his dying father, PLUTUS (66), who he hasn’t seen for over 30 years. As a PRIEST gives PLUTUS last rights, PAGANONO marches closer and closer with every break of the prayer until he reaches the estranged but familiar environment, causing his past memories to become alive, forcing him to relive the memories of his past. He sees his younger self and his family as they once were, young struggling artists; His father, a retired violinist who was forced to turn to violin making and repairing instead of playing, and his mother AURRAS, a former classical pianist who also had to abandon her career due to complications involving a brain tumor. As PAGANONO forges through his trauma, interacting with his past self, he finally reaches his father’s death bed, wielding nothing but the sound of a violin as the OLD MAN dies in peace.

Submission Instructions:

Submit your demo reel, headshot and resume, then we will send you sides of the script for you to make a self tape for the character you want to play and then send it to [email protected]

Additional Comments & Safety Protocol (see help text below field):

We have been trained about how to follow COVID-19 safety protocols on set and there will also be a person designated to just make sure everyone is following the precautions.

Audition Date(s):

February 28 - March 6th

Character 1 Name:

Paganono

Character 1 Age:

30-40

Character 1 Description:

A deaf schizophrenic, traumatized by a difficult childhood, longing to reconnect with his father before it’s too late. When he was a boy he regarded the violin as the only possible vehicle to a genuine connection with his father, but his father forbade him from playing the violin, causing him to run away from home after a violent exchange which culminated after his mother’s death. Now, after 30 years, coming to the realization that his father’s actions were borne by love, he returns home on the cusp of his fathers’ death, and communicates all the pent up emotion he’s kept sealed for three decades through the sound of a violin, which he’s now mastered. (Preferably the actor can play the violin or the piano, but it is not necessary).

Character 2 Age:

12-14

Character 2 Name:

Boy

Character 2 Description:

The character of the Boy is Paganono when he was younger. An adventurous spirit, the boy was born deaf, so his only means of communication with his family is sign language which his mother taught him at a young age. However, his father doesn’t know sign language, thus the only way the boy can communicate with him is by feeling the vibrations of the violin when his father plays, a feeling the boy yearns to replicate in his father. After the death of his mother, he gravitates even more to the violin like a lost limb, wanting to express his grief, but his father denies him that relief out of fear of the unsympathetic pursuit of art, causing the boy to run away from home.

Character 3 Name:

Aurras

Character 3 Age:

20-30

Character 3 Description:

The boy’s mother and Plutu’s wife. She had a fairy successful but relatively short career as a classical pianist that was cut short when she began to develop a brain tumor causing severe symptoms such as epilepsy, rendering her unable to perform and remember her technique. She has turned to religion for stability and meaning after her hardship, and casts these religious practices over her family in order to alleviate their pain. She keeps on trying to play the piano through her illness, dreaming that one day she will be able to play again but this proves unsuccessful when her symptoms worsen, and is in turn left with no reason to live. (Preferably the actor can play the piano).

Character 4 Name:

Plutus

Character 4 Age:

30-40

Character 4 Description:

The boy’s father and Aurra’s husband. A retired violinist who was forced to become a violin maker and a luthier after complications due to an arm surgery. This professional change kills something in PLUTUS, who was on the verge of realizing his fervent dream to become an established violin virtuoso with a long and lustrous career. He becomes resentful towards his innate passion for music and now deems the pursuit of art as sinful, selfish and dangerous, a short-lived unrealistic dream. This feeling is further strengthened by his wife’s illness and by his son’s seemingly invincible interest in playing the violin. Plutu’s, like his wife, also turns to religion for answers, but when Aurras dies he struggles with his faith, haunted by her ghost, and takes his grief and emotional instability out on his son. (Preferably the actor can play the violin).

Character 5 Name:

Old Man

Character 5 Age:

60-80

Character 5 Description:

The character of the Old Man is Plutus as an old man. He has lost all faith, and sits every day in front of his house, waiting for his son to return. Now as he lays on his death bed as a PRIEST performs last rights, he grunts in protest because he wants to repent, but not in any religious sense, he wants to talk to his son, and express his regret as well as his love for him. As death engulfs him, he attempts a last-ditch effort to stay alive, grasping at life in order to wait a little longer, hoping his son will open his bedroom door at any moment.

Additional Characters:

Priest
God’s representative (60) Resigned to fulfil his duty about forgiving sinners as they embark on their journey toward God's judgment. A character outside the tragedies that took place in the house, but for him it is clear that Plutus is not someone worthy of God's forgiveness

Shoot / Performance Date(s):

March 26th to 29th

Project Category:

Union Status:

Character 1 Gender:

Character 2 Gender:

Character 3 Gender:

Character 4 Gender:

Character 5 Gender:

Is this a Student Production?:

Yes

Submission Deadline:

Saturday, March 6, 2021

Is there guaranteed monetary compensation, if cast?:

Confirm Email Address:

[email protected]

Watched

Full Name (Your name, not company):

Ash Simpson

E-Mail Address:

[email protected]

Phone Number:

250-938-3598

Production Company or School:

Capilano University

Producer(s):

Greg Coyes

Director(s):

Ash Simpson

Casting Director(s):

Ash Simpson

Audition Location:

Online only

Shoot / Performance Location(s):

Capilano University (BOSA)

Compensation / Rates:

This is a Student film looking for Volunteers.

Synopsis:

Jason's Stride is on his way to a motel on a stormy night but not for the business trip he told his wife. When things don't go as planned, he finds himself alone or so he thinks.

Submission Instructions:

Please contact Ash Simpson at [email protected]

Additional Comments & Safety Protocol (see help text below field):

If you are sick or have any symptoms of COVID-19, please DO NOT come to set and let the AD know ASAP
PPE will be provided - if you are less than 6ft from one another you will need to wear a mask and a shield.
There are QR codes present at the entrance of the BOSA building that you need to scan and sign in for COVID tracing
CAST - COVID wellness forms that will need to be filled out at the top of day

Audition Date(s):

March 7

Character 1 Name:

Jason Stride

Character 1 Age:

Character 1 Description:

Jason is a striking young man about 5'10, tan, average build short brown hair and brown eyes. - can be open to other options - this character loves his wife and children however its not the love they think as they don't know he is in the deep in the closet - looking for an actor who can use a space freely while still hitting marks - one shirtless scene

Character 2 Age:

60-70

Character 2 Name:

Hotel Manager

Character 2 Description:

the Hotel Manager shows his age and can come across more than creepy - he is keeping more than close eyes on his guests - though he doesn't have as many scenes, the ones he's in he cant help but giving a menacing grin

Shoot / Performance Date(s):

March 19

Project Category:

Union Status:

Character 1 Gender:

Character 2 Gender:

Is this a Student Production?:

Yes

Submission Deadline:

Sunday, March 7, 2021

Is there guaranteed monetary compensation, if cast?:

Confirm Email Address:

[email protected]

Murder VR

Full Name (Your name, not company):

David McLoughlin

E-Mail Address:

[email protected]

Phone Number:

236.788.6639

Production Company or School:

Irish Rose Films Inc

Producer(s):

David McLoughlin, Krysta Mederios Co/Producer, Kevin Ferracuti

Director(s):

David McLoughlin

Casting Director(s):

Megan Hunter

Audition Location:

online

Shoot / Performance Location(s):

Vancouver Downtown Core

Compensation / Rates:

IMDB Credit, Festival entry and fun

Synopsis:

In the vain of Brian DePalma, and Hitchcock. “Murder VR” Jim is new to the city, he has a job as a food delivery driver on an electric scooter, he doesn’t really have any friends and making friends in the city has been harder than he thought. Jim casually uses a dating site to meet girls, but after a few crappy dates, the last one standing him up, Jim has become frustrated with it all. He meets Conner, a strange but charming guy, who offers to hook him up with a new demo version of the latest VR, dating technology. Apprehensive at first, Jim jumps into the Virtual Reality World. He has a few fun experiences, eventually meets the sexy avatar “Sunny69'' and after a few virtual dates, Jim thinks he is falling in love. The night he's going to ask to meet her in person, she is murdered in the real world while wearing her VR headset. Jim helpless, watches in VR as she is strangled before him. The sound of her dying is locked in his memory. In shock, Jim now must track down clues in the VR world and in the real world in hopes to find the answers to what happened to “Sunny69” But no one will believe him.

Submission Instructions:

Please send headshot and resume along with clips or demo via email. - [email protected]

Additional Comments & Safety Protocol (see help text below field):

Tested before shooting.
Masks and proper precautions.
We will have very small crew.

Audition Date(s):

March 8th - 14th

Character 1 Name:

Sunny69

Character 1 Age:

20's

Character 1 Description:

Sexy, a modern version of the classic, noir beauty. Sunny is a mystery, not much is known about her, she loves dancing, the smell of roses and lives an online lifestyle that borders on dangerous.

Character 2 Age:

30 - 37

Character 2 Name:

Conner

Character 2 Description:

Preppy, good looking, charming with a strange vibe around him. Helpful without ever really helping. Nice in a way that makes you feel like he is unpredictable. He befriends the lead and helps him get into VR.

Character 3 Name:

Dandra

Character 3 Age:

20’s

Character 3 Description:

Open to interpretation. Goes on a date with Jim.

Character 4 Name:

Homicide Detectives - Walter Shepherd

Character 4 Age:

40 - 55

Character 4 Description:

Older, weathered and stylish. Not tech savvy, a man with a few x wives, and a daughter who doesn’t see him. He is old school and doesn’t understand this generation.

Shoot / Performance Date(s):

Pending weather. April or May

Project Category:

Union Status:

Character 1 Gender:

Character 2 Gender:

Character 3 Gender: