ENGLAND: actors (m) 16-18, Mixed Race, English spkrs, for short film in Birmingham [P]
ref # 252486
closing date: Monday, 17th June, 2024 (week 25)
project title: Hard Food
production type: short film
pay: paid
looking for:
based in/around: Birmingham, England
project title: Hard Food
production type: short film
pay: paid
looking for:
based in/around: Birmingham, England
about the project
Casting 'Hard Food,' a BFI Network short film.
Synopsis: This heartfelt film explores the transformative power of connection and healing in unexpected circumstances. As a young boy and an older woman forge an unlikely bond, they find comfort and understanding in each other's shared struggles. Through the exchange of food, culture, and vulnerabilities, they embark on a poignant coming-of-age journey that is bound to resonate and tug at your heartstrings.
Shooting in May in Birmingham.
Paid: 150-165 GBP
Looking to fill the following roles:
role 1 | actors | male
playing age: 16 - 18
role languages: English
role ethnicities: Mixed Race
playing age: 16 - 18
role languages: English
role ethnicities: Mixed Race
ROLE: Ricky
m, 16-18, speaking English with Midlands accent, Ethnically Ambiguous / Multiracial.
A mixed-race boy who grapples with his sense of belonging in the world. While concealing the truth that his mother is hospitalized and he is navigating life on his own, he feels himself slipping away, yearning for the security he has lost by facing solitude. Unwilling to display his emotions, he copes by evading them and persevering by simply surviving one day at a time.
m, 16-18, speaking English with Midlands accent, Ethnically Ambiguous / Multiracial.
A mixed-race boy who grapples with his sense of belonging in the world. While concealing the truth that his mother is hospitalized and he is navigating life on his own, he feels himself slipping away, yearning for the security he has lost by facing solitude. Unwilling to display his emotions, he copes by evading them and persevering by simply surviving one day at a time.
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