The Auction

Production Company
Vancouver Film School
Producer(s)
Qiara Wang
Director(s)
Omkar Mohare
Casting Director(s): 
Omkar Mohare & Qiara Wang
Union Status
Non-Union
Project Type
Film
Student Production
Yes
Compensation Details

Volunteer Project. Imdb Credit. Catering and craft service provided.

Shoot / Performance Date(s)
14th June 2025 & 15th June 2025
Shoot / Performance Location(s)
Vancouver Downtown
Submission Deadline
Saturday, May 24, 2025
Submission Instructions

Please email the following to Theauctionvfs@gmail.com with the subject line:
“THE AUCTION – CASTING SUBMISSION – [Your Name]”
A clear headshot (or recent photo)
Resume
Demo reel (if applicable but not necessary)

Project Synopsis
The Auction is a psychological horror about grief, love, and the cost of holding on. Samira, a grieving doctor, is unable to let go of her dying partner, Daniel when she receives a mysterious invitation to a surreal auction. At the auction, she is offered a disturbing choice between preserving Daniel’s body or his mind. She chooses his soul, believing memory is enough. But her choice sets off a haunting unraveling, as Daniel’s consciousness begins to merge with hers, blurring the line between memory and identity. As she clings to what’s left of him, her own sense of self begins to deteriorate.
Character 1
Samira
Age
25-35
Gender
Female
Description
A Doctor by profession who is unravelling under the weight of grief of her partner’s eminent death. She is not ready to accept the fact that he is going to die and is refusing to let go of him, even though advised to pull the plug by other doctors. Her emotional state gradually unravels as she if forced to make the decision that is going to affect her both emotionally and physically.
Character 2
The Auctioneer
Age
35-50
Gender
Male
Description
He is an omnipresence that presides over the Auction with ritualistic precision, like a judge. He is calm, commanding and eerily courteous. He is emotionally unreadable. He enjoys the process and enjoys playing with the choices he offers, because he knows the consequences.
Character 3
Daniel
Age
25-35
Gender
Male
Description
Samira’s partner. A fading person, who is in a coma. Has been in the Hospice for a year. He is nearing death and his physical body is in pain. Seen as a comatose body but heard as a disembodied voice. He shifts from a real human to a gentle ghost to an invasive presence. He has a thin, sunken physicality to him like that of someone who has been ill for a long time