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RICHMOND – CASTING CALL FOR STUDENT FILM – December 15th – PAID

Subject:
Richmond- TALENT – Casting VCU Graduate Student Film, Paid, Non-Union

Description:
Forough
by Sina Khani

*The film will be screened at ICA auditorium as a VCU graduate Thesis*

Genre: Drama, Short

4 days 12-hour shooting, Early January (or less likely late December) (Dates TBD upon the cast and crew’s schedule).

(Likely Weekends), Richmond, VA

Shoot rate: $90 – $150/ day

It is a dialogue-heavy film. I need to make sure you can deliver dialogues. Please send me an acting reel or some scene you have played in— anything that shows your experience in acting, especially delivering dialogue.

Requirements:

You can fill out this google form here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8-Ct6gr44BEeXtWz2_3meAjRYOZTG_SNBd6e1mr8Md1OGFg/viewform?usp=sf_link

The script will be sent to selected candidates. Another script reading video or table reading might be necessary for the role.

Deadline: Dec 15, 2024

Roles:

**Note that look preferences are not strict and I’m flexible to work with different looks based on merit.

FOROUGH: Female, Iranian (fluency in Farsi required), in her 20s, intern at their real estate company, shy

JEFF: Male, American, middle-aged, boss at a real estate company, conservative, calm, and logical

Look preference: white-hair or bald

MEHRDAD: Male, Iranian (fluency in Farsi required), Middle-aged, tries to be a gentleman but is crude, womanizer

Look preference: black hair, a mustache, fit body

MARIA: Female, in her 40s (maybe late 30s), arrogant, mean, judgemental

Look preference: ethnicity doesn’t matter, black hair, thin

NATALIE: Female, American, middle-aged, yogini, meditator, liberal, tries to be kind and politically correct but is indifferent and hypocritical

Look preference: caucasian, blonde

You can find more information about the filmmaker and the film in the pitch deck here:

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGWIG1SBCE/lnCDmF7yYAlOYKlE2l8Ugg/view?utm_content=DAGWIG1SBCE&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor

The roles have been described at the end.

Contact: [email protected], Phone numbers: 8043011108, 8044339228