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NETHERLANDS: actors (m/f) 17-45, English spkrs, for short film in Rotterdam [P]

Production Type: short film

Taking Actors From: Rotterdam, Netherlands

Closing Date: Monday, 14th October, 2024

Payment: Paid

Casting Overview

Casting 'Beliefs', a low-budget short film about belief systems and how they can tear families apart. This story is about Lyla a 17-year-old girl who is faced with needing to survive on the streets of a big urban city due to a conflict with her conservative Christian mother over her sexuality.

Logline: As Lyla is faced with the harsh reality of homeless LGBTQ+ youth, her sister Charlie shows up in an effort to save her so their mom and ultimately God can forgive her 'sins,' stirring a conflict that challenges the meaning of love and acceptance.

Shooting in November 2024, in Rotterdam.

Payment details will be disclosed in the email correspondence with preselected candidates.

Roles

Role: LYLA

Gender: female

Playing Ages: 16–18

Languages: English

Role Ethnicity: Black

ROLE: Lyla f, playing age: 17, ethnicity: Black, Bi-racial, English speaker. Lyla is a young woman searching for acceptance and love, struggling to see her own worth.

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Role: SIA

Gender: female

Playing Ages: 18–19

Languages: English

ROLE: Sia f, playing age: 18, any ethnicity, English speaker Sia is a seemingly self-assured girl who wants to help others to fill a void within herself.

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Role: CHARLIE

Gender: female

Playing Ages: 19–21

Languages: English

Role Ethnicity: Black

ROLE: Charlie f, playing age: 20 ethnicity: Black, Bi-racial, English speaker. Charlie is a woman who strives for perfection to please others, driven by a fear that she is not enough.

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Role: OLE

Gender: male

Playing Ages: 39–41

Languages: English

ROLE: Ole m, playing age: 40, any ethnicity, English speaker Ole is a man who has witnessed his mother’self-destruction and is determined to prevent it in others.

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Role: Male Role

Gender: male

Playing Ages: 39–41

Languages: English

ROLE: Man m, playing age: 40, any ethnicity, English speaker A fearful man who didn’t receive the help he needed.

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Role: MARGOT

Gender: female

Playing Ages: 44–46

Languages: English

Role Ethnicity: Black

ROLE: Margot f, playing age: 45 ethnicity: Black, Bi-racial, English speaker Margot is a conservative Christian woman carrying unresolved trauma.

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