Actress Needed for Feature Film in Toronto

PRODUCTION TITLE:  Stealing the Sky: Additional Role

MEDIA:  Feature Film

STATUS:  Union

PRODUCTION COMPANY:  Studio Bon Soleil

DIRECTOR:  Megan Follows

WRITER: Clare Dames

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Jackie English

CASTING DIRECTOR:  Jackie English

AUDITIONS:  Via Self-Tape

SHOOT LOCATION:  Toronto

SHOOT DATES:
Starts:  Monday April 4, 2022 – Possible 1 day rehearsal the week before.
Finishes: Thursday April 21, 2022
Shooting 12 days between April 4 and 21.

PAY RATE:  ACTRA Only. Low Budget Tier 3 production.

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STORYLINE: 
With a mix of drama and dry humour, Stealing the Sky follows Holly, a single, middle-aged woman who, having chosen to remain independent rather than follow the conventional path of marriage and children, finds herself experiencing the consequences that come with that choice when she learns the old shoe factory she calls home is being demolished to make room for cookie cutter condos, a fifty story hotel, and a Starbucks.

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CASTING COMMENTS:
Self tape deadline will be Thursday March 24.

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CASTING:

ANASTASIA’S MOTHER – ACTOR ROLE – FEMALE – 60-99 YRS OLD – RUSSIAN 
A Russian mother is video chatting with her children in Canada, catching up with them. Little does she know they have rented a beautiful airbnb to make their lives seem more impressive than they are. MUST SPEAK AUTHENTIC RUSSIAN. Please have your client improvise some reactions in Russian to her children’s dialogue. In the script her children are Vlad, Svetlana, Irina and Anastasia.