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GERMANY: actors (m/f) 18-68, English / German spkrs, for indie film in Berlin [P]
ref # 215058
closing date: This casting is now closed
project title: Snow Over Berlin – an African Christmas Tale
production type: feature film
pay: paid
looking for actors
based in/around: Berlin, Germany
project title: Snow Over Berlin – an African Christmas Tale
production type: feature film
pay: paid
looking for actors
based in/around: Berlin, Germany
about the project
For an indie, low budget, feature film (genre: TRANSATLANTIC FEEL-WEEL X-MAS MOVIE).
SYNOPSIS: SNOW OVER BERLIN pictures father-son, daughter-father, mother-son and a love relationship from different cultures. This truly international Christmas story – told from an African perspective and for the entire family – will travel across borders, in Europe and beyond. SNOW OVER BERLIN rolls out three parallel stories in an ensemble narrative where different characters from different continents and ages end up together thanks to a hotel in Rwanda and the TV Tower Alex in Berlin.
This is an INDEPENDENT LOW BUDGET film production implemented by BAHIA LUZ (label of the author and director Kerim ESEN, Munich, Germany), La Carpincho and Ex Orbita Producciones (Formosa, Argentina) and Shutter Films (Kigali, Rwanda).
Shooting will take place from 18 December until 5 January 2024 in Berlin and February 2024 in Kigali.
We are looking to fill the following roles:
role 1 | actors | female
playing age: 18 - 20
role languages: English
playing age: 18 - 20
role languages: English
ESTHER (18), student in Kigali, is looking for work, meaning and purpose in life. Only recently she lost her mother (MAMA CHANTAL), who died of cancer. She never met her father. Only her sister RACHEL gives her love and support. When she meets PATRICK, a young medical doctor from Berlin, she falls in love with him. But PATRICK ends the relationship and disappears to Germany. Esther realizes that she is pregnant and considers abortion. Only Gregory, whose version about her true parents she rejects vehemently in the beginning, manages to earn Esther's trust in this most difficult period of her life. Esther decides to keep the baby. She will call her own daughter DEBORAH, the name of her own biological mother which she never met.
role 2 | actors | male
playing age: 23 - 27
role languages: German
playing age: 23 - 27
role languages: German
PATRICK (25) ist ein engagierter Arzt im Praktikum, der einen Teil seiner Ausbildung in Ruanda ableistet, um einen „Beitrag“ zu leisten. Seine Eltern sind geschieden und leben in bescheidenen Verhältnissen in Berlin. Er hat ein abgekühltes Verhältnis zu seinem Vater Ernst (Wunschbesetzung: Uwe Ochsenknecht), der versucht, Patrick davon abzuhalten, zu Esther und seinem ungeborenen Kind zu stehen. Auch bei seiner Mutter Hannelore (Wunschbesetzung: Katharina Thalbach) findet er anfangs nur wenig Verständnis und Unterstützung. Nur sein Freund und Arbeitskollege Guido (53) stellt die richtigen Fragen, so dass Patrick gerade noch rechtzeitig aufwacht, um das „Richtige“ zu tun.
role 3 | actors | female
playing age: 36 - 40
role languages: English
playing age: 36 - 40
role languages: English
PAULA (38) is the wife of NICK. They have one 10 year old daughter in common (LUISE). When she was pregnant with Luise, NICK was busy in preparing for the world athletic championships in Berlin chasing medals. She is prepared to forgive Nick the affair with RACHEL 10 years ago, to accept the extra-marital child (ETHAN) and to open an new chapter in their family life. She is optimistic and cordial and supports her husband 100% but she wants him to tell the truth.
role 4 | actors | male
playing age: 38 - 42
role languages: English
playing age: 38 - 42
role languages: English
SAMEER (40), Indian decent, is the manager of the run-down hotel "Chez Mama Hotel".
He develops together with ARTURO a new Boutique Hotel and Spa concept.
English speaker with strong Indian accent. Shooting will take place only in Kigali for this character in February 2024.
He develops together with ARTURO a new Boutique Hotel and Spa concept.
English speaker with strong Indian accent. Shooting will take place only in Kigali for this character in February 2024.
role 5 | actors | male
playing age: 38 - 44
role languages: German
playing age: 38 - 44
role languages: German
NICK (42) genießt als ehemaliger Langstreckenläufer und Weltmeister immer noch Prominentenstatus in Berlin und Deutschland. Mit seiner Frau PAULA (38) hat er eine gemeinsame Tochter LUISE (10). Als PATRICK (26) anruft, willigt Nick ein, ETHAN (9) aufzunehmen. Während er und Ethan vom Fernsehturm in die Ferne blicken, auf Ausschau nach Schneeflocken, ist Nick glücklich. Nicht nur, weil er sich immer einen Sohn gewünscht hat, wie Paula mutmaßt, sondern auch weil er sich schwört, Luise und Ethan der bestmögliche Vater sein zu wollen
role 6 | actors | female
playing age: 58 - 65
role languages: German
playing age: 58 - 65
role languages: German
HANNELORE (61), Mutter von PATRICK, geschieden, lebt in bescheidenen Verhältnissen in Berlin in zweiter Ehe mit ERICH (65). Weihnachten gibt es Räucherlachs mit Meerrettichsahne und Rotkaeppchen-Sekt. Sie hält nichts von den Idealen ihres Sohnes, als Arzt in Afrika "einen Beitrag zur Armutsbekämpfung" zu leisten. Schließlich versucht sie, ihren Sohn zur Vernunft zu bringen, damit dieser nicht naiv auf eine Frau reinfällt, die aus ihrer afrikanischen Misere ausbrechen will und nur einen "Dummen zu heiraten" sucht. Als sie sieht, dass das nicht überzeugt, versucht sie mit Tränen sich gegen die Männer zu wehren, die am Ende alle auf ihr herumtrampeln.
role 7 | actors | male
playing age: 60 - 65
role languages: German
playing age: 60 - 65
role languages: German
ERICH (63) mit Hannelore, der Mutter von PATRICK, verheiratet. In seiner Ehe mit Hannelore verfolgt Erich die Strategie, sich unsichtbar und daher unangreifbar zu machen. Er sagt daher nie seine Meinung. Genau das bringt jedoch Hannelore auf die Palme. Sie wünscht sich insgeheim, dass Erich einfach mal auf den Tisch hauen kann.
role 8 | actors | male
playing age: 64 - 68
role languages: German
playing age: 64 - 68
role languages: German
ERNST (65), bayerischer Akzent, Vater von PATRICK, geschieden, alleinlebend, verbringt Weihnachten mit Bier vor dem Fernseher. Er schiebt eine "Welt voller Rassismus und Vorurteile" vor, um seinen Sohn davon abzuhalten, eine langfristige Beziehung mit einer jungen Frau aus Afrika (Esther) einzugehen. Auf der Sylvester Party erzählt er einen peinlichen Witz und tanzt mit der Cousine von Esther, anstatt altersmäßig in seiner "Liga zu spielen".
search tags: Germany Berlin English German
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