18/10/2025
CAST CALL – No-Budget Feature Film (Unpaid)
Shoot Dates: 12 days between NOVEMBER 10–24 (subject to slight changes)
Location: Wellington
Logline - Two parents steal a dangerous temporal drug
to send their Injured daughter’s mind back in time, but
tampering with memory and fate comes at a devastating
Cost.
We’re assembling a professional, industry-level crew to make something fresh, bold, and unforgettable this summer. It’s a no-budget feature, but we promise you’ll be fed well, treated with respect, and part of a fun, collaborative shoot driven by creativity and passion.
If you’re looking to gain on-set experience, build your reel, and create something genuinely cool with experienced filmmakers, we’d love to have you onboard.
This film is a grounded, character-driven story mixing psychological drama and science fiction.
Character Briefs:
GRACE (early 20s, female, lead)
Before the accident, Grace is ambitious, competitive, and impatient to succeed. She’s used to being in control, whether it’s her plans, her relationships, or the pace of her life. The crash shatters that control. Now confined to a wheelchair, her sense of self collapses.
Bitter and grieving the life she lost, Grace lashes out at everyone trying to help her, especially her parents and boyfriend, Jake. Beneath the anger sits enormous guilt, fear, and longing to feel whole again. When offered a chance to reverse her fate, her drive and impulsivity return with dangerous intensity.
LINDA (40s–50s, female)
Linda is not the warm, nurturing type, she’s practical, blunt, and unafraid to call things as they are. A career-driven woman who sacrificed her own ambitions for motherhood, she carries years of unspoken resentment toward Grace and Carl.
Underneath the hardness is love expressed through action, not words. She’s the engine keeping the household running, and when she and Carl cross moral lines to help Grace, it’s out of desperation and a need to fix what she can’t emotionally process.
CARL (40s–50s, male)
Carl is the emotional anchor of the family, easy-going, loving, and loyal to a fault. He absorbs the storm between Linda and Grace, trying to keep peace while silently drowning in helplessness.
When pushed, his calm exterior breaks; his moral compass wavers as he helps steal and experiment with the time-altering drug. Carl is defined by love and fear, of losing his family, of doing nothing, of doing too much.
JAKE (early 20s, male)
Jake is charming, laid-back, and immature, the kind of young man who coasts through life on charisma and spontaneity. Before the accident, he’s reckless and careless; afterward, guilt transforms him. He devotes himself to Grace’s recovery, trading his freedom for responsibility.
Their love becomes suffocating and co-dependent, born of trauma as much as affection. Jake’s arc moves from carefree arrogance to tragic devotion.
If you are interested in auditioning for any of these characters please contact [email protected] for more information.
