Details
Union:
Union or Non union
Area of media:
Short Film
Network:
Paid?:
No
Rates:
Honorarium. Union actors are welcome. This project is qualified for UBCP Ultra Low Budget Program.
Deadline:
Apr 15, 2026
Shooting locations:
Metro Vancouver, BC Canada
Cities for response:
Vancouver
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | AYESHA | Female 20 - 25 Years old |
Description Must be Pakistani. A creative, intelligent, emotionally repressed young woman torn between filial duty and personal freedom. Sensitive yet quietly defiant. Has a deep inner life, theatre lover, former painter, dreamer. Heavy dramatic arc from obedient daughter ? emotionally explosive confrontation ? psychologically ambiguous transformation. Must handle intense emotional scenes, physical performance elements, and psychological horror beats. Requires strong subtle acting and controlled escalation. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | STACY | Female 20 - 25 Years old |
Description Caucasian. Ayesha’s best friend. Playful, modern, outspoken. Represents Western individualism in contrast to Ayesha’s cultural expectations. Her humor masks anxiety. Loyal but naïve about consequences. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | ALI (BABA) | Male 50 - 60 Years old |
Description South Asian. A hardworking immigrant father who believes security equals love. Authoritative but not villainous, he truly believes he is protecting his daughter. Carries pride, fear, and generational trauma. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | FATIMA (AMMI) | Female 50 - 60 Years old |
Description South Asian. A gentle, deeply conditioned woman who once lived Ayesha’s fate. Torn between empathy and survival. Her silence carries decades of compromise. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | IMAM | Male 40 - 60 Years old |
Description Calm, authoritative spiritual leader called to perform an exorcism. Grounded presence amid chaos.Requires strong vocal presence. Ritual recitation (Quran verses). Controlled physical blocking during exorcism. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | MYSTIC | All 40 - 50 Years old |
Description A mysterious spiritual healer whose true nature may not be human. Calm, enigmatic, unsettling. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Day Player | HAMID | Male 20 - 30 Years old |
Description South Asian. Polite, awkward prospective groom. Not malicious, simply part of the system. | ||