Un grand-père de 50-65 ans. Il est atteint de la schizophrénie. Pour combattre sa maladie, il raconte des histoires à son petit-fils Jacob. Il est bienveillant, gentil et attentionné. Il ne veut pas blesser son petit-fils sur la réalité, alors il lui invente qu’il est un chasseur de montres.

Froide et distante car elle s’inquiète tous les jours pour Charlie. Elle voudrait dire la vérité à Jacob, mais Charlie l’en empêche. Elle reste protectrice envers Jacob, elle n’aime pas mentir alors la situation ne la rend pas à l’aise. Elle est la personne qui a le poids sur ses épaules de faire tout fonctionner, mais lorsque Charlie disparaît, sa peur l'empêche de se raisonner comme elle le voudrait.

Janice is Valerie’s younger sister. With a dedication to her older sibling’s recovery and well-being second only to Will’s, she’s vivacious, flamboyant, and utterly unapologetic about who she is. Although holding strong opinions, her heart is as big as her personality. She is an empath, deeply intuitive, claiming to communicate with the dead. Her spiritual openness offers not just comic relief, but insight, and reflection. Functioning as a kind of third-eye presence, Janice becomes the audience’s guide through the story’s layered dual arcs: the visible, day-to-day life of Valerie, and the invisible, internal world she’s battling. Janice is warmth and color in a world often muted by pain—a reminder that even in the darkest spaces, there is still mystery, magic, and deep, undying love. She is a cock-eyed optimist, and believer in happy endings. Casting Note: Seeking a performer with strong emotional range and natural comedic timing. Think: messy healer, soulful oddball, deeply grounded despite the sparkle.

All supporting roles in this short film are budgeted as local hires in Montreal. Please submit accordingly.

A wise jester and emotional anchor, Valerie’s father is playful, irreverent, and full of heart. A connection to past times when morals were strong and tradition was rooted, he provides Valerie with a vital connection to her younger self and a father’s wisdom, the rare kind a daughter trusts without hesitation. Though no longer fully part of the physical world, he lingers—part clown, part sage, and all soul. Where Janice connects Valerie to the world around her, he connects her to the world within—to the inner child she’s long buried beneath layers of pain and responsibility. He pokes fun at death, and reminds us that life is far too short to be taken too seriously —especially once it’s over. He adores his daughter deeply and, in his own mischievous way, wants her to understand a simple truth: life is hard—but in the end, we have to let go. His presence is both comforting and confronting, encouraging her to loosen her grip and rediscover joy. Casting Note: Seeking an actor with natural warmth, humor, and emotional depth. A trickster with soul—a clown, both mischievious and profoundly loving, sage, and all heart, conveying all even if it is at times, without words.

All supporting roles in this short film are budgeted as local hires in Montreal. Please submit accordingly.

Hiring 1-2 Speaking role, black, female 20's. She is an analyst who is a multi-tasker, scanning a variety of monitors / dashboards at the same time, tracking stock tickers, etc. Feels like she can “read the matrix”–what looks like symbols and numbers and fractions to us, she reads as opportunities or threats. Please only submit if you are able to travel yourself to St. Louis for the shoot day(s). These roles work 1-3 days.

Hiring 2-3 Speaking roles. Any ethnicity, age range 20-30. These women will represent a wide variety of roles - everything from: 1) a CEO of a gaming company who is youthful, creative energy, potentially even more non-conformist energy relative to CEOs in other fields/industries. 2) Marketing Director who is a go-getter than is always tasked with going and getting more. Helps design something on a laptop, then tests it out on a phone or tablet. 3) Company Employee who is competent, professional, helpful and friendly in look and demeanor. Someone who looks like you could rely on them. A mix of “tech” and “sales”

Hiring 1-2 Speaking Roles. Any ethnicity, age range 30-40. These women will represent a wide variety of roles, including: 1) Hospitality client who is in the field of marketing. She’s a little more PR / customer service aware than other c-suiters, effusive, outgoing and friendly in look and demeanor. She is responsible for both the digital experience of customers. 2) Company Employee who is competent, professional, helpful and friendly in look and demeanor. Someone who looks like you could rely on them. A mix of “tech” and “sales”. Submissions for Female 3 will be considered for BOTH of the above. Please only submit if you are able to travel yourself to St. Louis for the shoot day(s). These roles work 1-3 days.

Hiring 1-2 Speaking Roles. Latina or Asian female, age range 40-55. These women will represent a wide variety of roles, including: 1) CEO / CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of a hospital group. Lots of responsibility, lots of demands on her, in a serious field (people’s health) so she’s a little no nonsense, yet still upbeat. She’s confident and in control, but pulled in a lot of directions, so she appreciates people and businesses who actually help–and don’t become additional things she has to manage. 2) Company Employee who is competent, professional, helpful and friendly in look and demeanor. Someone who looks like you could rely on them. A mix of “tech” and “sales” Submissions for Female 4 will be considered for ALL of the above. Please only submit if you are able to travel yourself to St. Louis for the shoot day(s). These roles work 1-3 days.

Hiring 2-3 Speaking Roles. Any ethnicity, age range 20-35. These men will represent a wide variety of roles, including: 1) Quality Control Inspector who is a Blue collar manufacturing plant inspector. Has to monitor, via monitors, the feeds of a number of different production lines. Feels a responsibility if something ever goes out that isn’t correct. For most people / fields, being off by a 32nd of an inch is no biggie. For the QC inspector, one-thirty second is a HUGE deal. 2) Developer who is a creative/tech hybrid. Slightly more eccentric or quirky in look and demeanor. Coffee addict who is thinking about 10 things at once even as they focus on one. 3) Company Employee who is competent, professional, helpful and friendly in look and demeanor. Someone who looks like you could rely on them. A mix of “tech” and “sales” Submissions for Male 1 will be considered for ALL of the above. Please only submit if you are able to travel yourself to St. Louis for the shoot day(s). These roles work 1-3 days.

Hiring 1-2. Speaking Roles. Asian, age range 20-35. These men will represent a wide variety of roles, including: 1) Radiologist who is focused, studious in look and demeanor, they take their job very seriously, know it’s a responsibility, know they have a role in helping/saving people thorough detection. (Examines scans intently). 2) Company Employee who is competent, professional, helpful and friendly in look and demeanor. Someone who looks like you could rely on them. A mix of “tech” and “sales” Submissions for Male 2 will be considered for ALL of the above. Please only submit if you are able to travel yourself to St. Louis for the shoot day(s). These roles work 1-3 days.

Hiring 1-2 Speaking Roles. Black, age range 40-50. These men will represent a wide variety of roles, including: 1) The CTO (Chief Technology Officer) for an electric utility who deals with a lot of competing interests from different areas of the operation. Given the position of having to make everyone happy, he appreciates a partner that understands their business and can make him and the operation more flexible. Delivers his lines with a bit of disbelieving joy–can’t believe we pulled it off–he is now confident for the future. 2) Company Employee who is competent, professional, helpful and friendly in look and demeanor. Someone who looks like you could rely on them. A mix of “tech” and “sales” Submissions for Male 3 will be considered for ALL of the above. Please only submit if you are able to travel yourself to St. Louis for the shoot day(s). These roles work 1-3 days.

Hiring 3-4 Speaking Roles. All ethnicities, age range 38-55. These men will represent a wide variety of roles, including: 1) Financial Client who is polished, put together (financial industry), knowledgeable, pragmatic (they know attacks will happen, how will you respond).He delivers to camera with confidence, because he has the backing / reassurance of the company. He knows they’ve got his blind spots covered, he feels lighter / less stressed since he brought them on board. 2) Manufacturing client who Operations Manager for a parts manufacturing company. An old school “boss” type. Still the boss/management but used to a blue color vibe/environment. He appreciates a plan, and the company has given him a great one–for the now, the near future, and down the line. Consequently, he delivers his lines with a satisfied, contented confidence. 3) Control Room Operator who is Responsible for safety and distribution of power, they have a lot on their plate, have to try and keep track of it all. 4) Company Employee who is competent, professional, helpful and friendly in look and demeanor. Someone who looks like you could rely on them. A mix of “tech” and “sales” Submissions for Male 4 will be considered for ALL of the above. Please only submit if you are able to travel yourself to St. Louis for the shoot day(s). These roles work 1-3 days.

Having survived a traumatic relationship and soul-fracturing divorce, Valerie has been married to William, a kind, steady and deeply supportive man, for 35 years — a lifetime of shared memories, quiet joys, and challenges. With her daughter and a modest lake home, they work consistently at building a simple life together, grounded, and real. On the surface, Valerie has appeared composed, appreciative and even happy sometimes. Still carrying the beauty and presence she had in her youth, there’s a softness and vulnerability to her. It’s not weakness. It’s a kind of quiet resilience honed through years of holding it together. But beneath that, is the fragility of a woman quietly unraveling. She’s lived much of her life with an inner war few can see. A mental illness—insidious, patient—has slowly chipped away at her self-worth, despite the love that surrounds her. She is both a fighter and a victim — of her genetics, her past, and her own relentless inner critic. Although she's suffered, she continues to fight. Hard. Therapy, routines, hope, tears, and sometimes glimpses of real joy. — Valerie has tried. And sometimes, she wins. Sometimes, there’s light. But the spiral always returns, darker and more isolating. She loves William. She knows he loves her. And perhaps that’s what hurts most—that even his steadfast love hasn’t been enough to silence the voices in her head. She is tired. And in that exhaustion lies both danger and a tragic kind of grace. This role requires nuanced emotional range, subtlety, and a grounded, authentic performance. Looking for performers who can portray both strength and fragility, often simultaneously and to carry complex inner turmoil with subtlety and strength. Note: This is a character-driven piece with emotionally intense scenes. Submitted Performers should be comfortable exploring themes of mental health, emotional vulnerability, and long-term psychological struggle.

William is a dependable, hard-working man who’s built a modest but comfortable life with Valerie, his wife of 35 years and the love of his life. Caring and supportive, he helped raise her daughter as his own, and remains deeply devoted to family, making annual trips to visit their now-grown daughter and grandchildren, despite the distance. With retirement on the horizon, they had savings, and dreams to travel. Although their marriage has held challenges for the couple, with Valerie often struggling to keep her past in the past, William has been a rock in her chaotic, emotional world, keeping them focused on the life they are building together, not the one that came before. Marriage was supposed to be a new beginning—for both of them. But when Valerie's illness derails everything, and it becomes clear their golden years won’t unfold as hoped, bitterness—so foreign to William—starts to surface. Deeply devoted to his wife, the strain of watching her slowly slip away, despite every effort to hold on, is taking its toll. As months pass in a blur of sleepless nights, medical trials, and hard decisions, William’s greatest battle becomes emotional: learning to aim his grief at the illness, not the woman he loves. His journey is one of quiet endurance, guilt, loyalty tested, and the painful, persistent fight to preserve love in the face of slow loss. This role requires the ablity to convey complex emotion with restraint—grief, loyalty, quiet frustration—without ever tipping into melodrama, allowing the internal struggle to surface in small but powerful ways.

Strong actresses for a variety of roles

Strong actors for a variety of roles

Any ethnicity. We are looking for a couple who love to have fun participating in water sports at the beach. Please include any real life partners if desired or applicable. Talent will be on the beach in bathing suits or coverups, swimming and paddling on paddle boards, and then “eating” at Summitview Restaurant taking the Gondola up. Recommended wardrobe for self-tapes will be conservative beachwear/swimwear that the talent feel comfortable wearing which may be used on the day (including any fashionable coverups that they would normally wear).

Any ethnicity. We are looking for a couple who love to have fun participating in water sports at the beach. Please include any real life partners if desired or applicable. Talent will be on the beach in bathing suits or coverups, swimming and paddling on paddle boards, and then “eating” at Summitview Restaurant taking the Gondola up. Recommended wardrobe for self-tapes will be conservative beachwear/swimwear that the talent feel comfortable wearing which may be used on the day (including any fashionable coverups that they would normally wear).

Any ethnicity. We are looking for a couple who love to have fun participating in water sports at the beach. Please include any real life partners if desired or applicable. Talent will be on the beach in bathing suits or coverups, swimming and paddling on paddle boards, and then “eating” at Summitview Restaurant taking the Gondola up. Recommended wardrobe for self-tapes will be conservative beachwear/swimwear that the talent feel comfortable wearing which may be used on the day (including any fashionable coverups that they would normally wear).

Any ethnicity. We are looking for a couple who love to have fun participating in water sports at the beach. Please include any real life partners if desired or applicable. Talent will be on the beach in bathing suits or coverups, swimming and paddling on paddle boards, and then “eating” at Summitview Restaurant taking the Gondola up. Recommended wardrobe for self-tapes will be conservative beachwear/swimwear that the talent feel comfortable wearing which may be used on the day (including any fashionable coverups that they would normally wear).