Soon

Production Company
Aook Films
Producer(s)
Brooke Fusick
Director(s)
Jonah Lee-McNamee
Casting Director(s): 
Jonah Lee-McNamee, Brooke Fusick
Union Status
UBCP/ACTRA or Equivalent
Project Type
Film
Student Production
No
Compensation Details

$150/day honorarium rate

Shoot / Performance Date(s)
June 27-30
Shoot / Performance Location(s)
Vancouver
Submission Deadline
Friday, May 30, 2025
Submission Instructions

Send headshots and reel (if available) to: jonah.casting88@gmail.com. Please note, there are other supporting roles available that are not listed here.

Project Synopsis
With no recipe or culinary skill, Soojin must prepare her late grandmother’s sundubu-jjigae (Korean soft tofu stew) in hopes of fulfilling her mother’s dying wish.
Additional Information & Safety Protocols: 

Telus Storyhive Short

Character 1
Soojin
Age
30-40
Gender
Female
Description
Korean. Fluency in English is required. Soojin is introspective and sensitive. In the wake of her mother's potential illness she is grappling with death, Korean identity, loneliness, and the underlying feeling that she may not have lived up to her mother's expectations.
Character 2
Umma
Age
60-70
Gender
Female
Description
Korean. Soojin's mother. Stubborn, blunt, and slightly judgemental. She is currently in the hospital awaiting test results, but she is still able bodied and appears mostly healthy. She is sick of the monotony and blandness of being stuck in the hospital.
Character 3
Halmoni
Age
65+
Gender
Female
Description
Korean. Soojin's Halmoni. Gentle, tender, patient, grandmotherly. The ghost of Soojin's Halmoni appears and helps her cook the sundubu-jjigae.