Zone 15: The Last Pastor

Production Company
In the Furnace Films
Casting Director(s): 
Robert Bailey
Union Status
UBCP/ACTRA or Equivalent
Project Type
Film
Student Production
No
Compensation Details

$100 day. Plus potential back end compensation following union ULB rules.

Audition Location
Online-only
Shoot / Performance Date(s)
Febuary 2025
Shoot / Performance Location(s)
Langley, North Vancouver.
Submission Deadline
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Submission Instructions

Please email: Zone15film@gmail.com headshot &/or demo-reel. Self tape lines will be sent out to the right applicants. Thank you for your time.

Project Synopsis
Sci-fi / Christian Faith - In the near future an imprisoned ex-pastor struggles to save his grandchildren from a totalitarian state and their A.I. robots. - Similar films may be "V for Vendetta" and "Children of Men". Set in Canada.
Additional Information & Safety Protocols: 

Open to Union and non-union actors. Ultra Low Budget Union signatory. No stunts or intimate scenes. Short days for children. Will schedule shoot days around actors schedules.

Character 1
HILDA BOSKOW
Age
50-65
Gender
Female
Description
Protagonists wife. Eastern European. No accent required. Shabby winter jacket, teaches 4 giddy grandchildren to make origami doves. Kind, fiery.
Character 2
TOMASZ BOSKOW
Age
45-65
Gender
Male
Description
Protagonists brother. Eastern European. No accent required. Checkered/reformed/rough past. Brims with warmth. Hints of comic relief.
Character 3
GENERAL MILLARD STONE
Age
45-65
Gender
Male
Description
A calculating man with an iron will. Harsh, cunning, brutally efficient.
Character 4
COMMISSAR FREEMAN
Age
45-65
Gender
Male
Description
Pampered, fake smile, red neo-bible in hand... a false televangelist to the masses. Charismatic with a chip on his shoulder. The news anchor from "V for vendetta" may be good inspiration.
Character 5
ELZBIETA & GRAND CHILDREN
Age
3-10
Gender
Open
Description
Protagonists grand children. Eastern European. No accent required. Very minimal and easy to repeat lines. One short shooting day. Children will not be exposed to any scary costumes, language, themes or anything non wholesome on set. ELZBIETA (3-6) Cute as a porcelain doll, hobbles over on little forearm crutches. She holds out a white stuffed dove toy, “Birdie”. Crutches are optional. GRAND CHILDREN up to 3 children to act as ELZBIETAs siblings playing in a kitchen.
Additional Characters

STACY (19-25) Antagonists Daughter. Slim, pale, quiet... out of place. Arms wrapped around knees, she huddles on a bench.

GRANDMOTHER-ALICE (70-95) Frail, nervous. She grips her open door, cowering in her apartment.

MARGRET-ANN (70-95) perches against a wall in tattered rags, full of poise. She sells flowers, a soft heart in the rough city.

BUREAUCRAT JAKE (any age) white shirt, black tie, smarmy demeanor. Door to door insurance salesman.

PRISONER MATT (35-55) grizzled tough guy.

PRISONER PATRICK (25-35) mild mannered.