Cold Blows the Wind

Vancouver Actors Guide is casting multiple roles for Cold Blows the Wind, an independent feature film shooting in the Vancouver and Gibsons area. This is an on-camera acting engagement across lead and supporting roles in a non-union narrative feature production. The project suits screen performers at any career stage who bring specific, grounded character work rather than generalised polish.

About the Role

Cold Blows the Wind is a non-union independent feature with roles spanning a ten-year story timeline, requiring performers who can carry character continuity across a compressed shoot. The film includes open-water sequences, and all water work is calibrated to each performer’s verified ability before callbacks. Self-tapes are due August 7, with Thomas and Walter roles remaining open until filled.

Key Responsibilities

• Deborah (female, 40s to 50s) carries a lead role across the full feature film arc, playing a character whose social sharpness and private difficulty must coexist without collapsing into archetype.
• Helen (female, 40s to 50s) plays a supporting role that functions as a structural counterweight to the lead, requiring a strong listening presence and specific internal work during other characters’ scenes.
• Mira performs open-water sequences and must demonstrate verified cold-water and breath-hold ability, with freediving or monofin experience noted as relevant background.
• Little Mira (under 12) works within BC Employment Standards limits of eight-hour days with mandatory breaks, with a guardian present on set at all times.
• Thomas and Walter perform as a pair, with established duos welcome to submit together and read together at callbacks.
• All performers engage in an intimacy coordinator-led process for any physical intimacy, and mermaid sequences involving implied nudity are achieved through framing and camera work on a closed set.

What You Bring

• Screen acting credits in independent film, short-form narrative, or episodic television are useful but not a prerequisite for all roles.
• Mira submissions require candid documentation of open-water and cold-water experience, with freediving, monofin, or breath-hold background a material asset.
• Deborah and Helen submissions from established pairs are accepted, with callbacks structured as paired reads.
• Little Mira requires no performance experience, with submissions made by parent or guardian only.
• All performers must be available for a Vancouver area feature film production shoot, with sides provided to selected submissions and full script available at callback under NDA.

Why This Role

Cold Blows the Wind offers a flat rate of $200 CAD per day across all roles, leads and supporting alike, on ten-hour days paid weekly. Milestone bonuses are structured around actual revenue events rather than paperwork, with a 1x total engagement fee bonus on receipt of distribution revenue and a further 2x on full production recoupment. Vancouver Actors Guide is the long-standing free resource for the Vancouver acting community, and this listing reflects a production that has thought carefully about how it works with performers.

Submit your materials for Cold Blows the Wind through Vancouver Actors Guide and bring a specific read, one honest take carries more weight here than a tidy one.