Short Film
The Last Reader
Details
Union:
Not designated
Area of media:
Short Film
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Deadline:
May 23, 2026
Shooting starts:
Aug 1, 2026 
Shooting finishes:
Aug 2, 2026 
Shooting locations:
Toronto
Cities for response:
Vancouver, Toronto, Montréal
Storyline
Casting "The Last Reader," a short film. Logline: A young Toronto visual artist, a champion of analog culture, is enticed by a corporate android named Elara, whose mission is to convince him to archive his mind into the cloud to be used for content generation by the AI company who created her.
Roles
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadTheoMale 25 - 35 Years old
Description
A contemporary artist who has a sincere devotion to culture, memory and deep attention in his life and work, but whose loneliness and hubris make him a tragic figure rather than a hero. Lead role in an arthouse sci-fi short shooting in Toronto.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadElaraFemale 24 - 35 Years old
Description
An android cast as a woman who has always been looked at, is always in control. Trained ease, total stillness, poised bearing. Plays attention as something bestowed on the recipient, rather than as desire offered. Lead role in an arthouse sci-fi short shooting in Toronto.