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November 20th 2010. Following a cross Canada vote by a small percentage
of ACTRA members, the number of credits required by an ACTRA Apprentice
to become a Full member has been reduced to 3, with effect from December 15th 2010.
The change also means that there will no longer be a credit earned from working on
an ACTRA accredited student movie.
ACTRA evidently sees more acting ability in an SOC role in a commercial compared to three days in
front of a camera, with dialogue, on a student movie project. Go figure!
October 30th 2003: ACTRA has instituted a new procedure for dealing with Student Film Work Permits which will hopefully simplify the process and save the Members time when they come in to purchase their WPs.
We are asking that the Apprentice members obtain a copy of the one page
ACTRA Student Film contract from the Student Producer (with the film's
registration # listed on it) and bring it in along with the Work Permit
Application. The Apprentice can then go straight to Membership on the
first floor to pay for the Permit without having to come up to the
second floor and wait for a Steward to sign the document.
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The roles have to be actor (6 lines or less) or Principal actor (more than 6 lines). That means that just" being" in a student movie is no justification for your getting a credit. Each college or university has a Student Movie Agreement with ACTRA which defines which projects are "ACTRA Accredited" and are movies in which Apprentice and Full members can participate.
When posting these auditions, I first try to ascertain whether the projects are "ACTRA Accredited" . For the most part, the information I receive is accurate, but you should be aware that if you act in a non-union movie and it comes to the attention of ACTRA, there could be serious consequences.
If you are asked by any college or university or student in a film programme to "help out" by acting in one of their movies, you should make your first question "Is this project ACTRA Accredited?". If it is not, or they don't know, they can find out for sure by asking the person who is in charge of the course.
To those of you who wonder why anyone would want to work on projects that don't pay, and, in fact, cost the actor money (travel, permit fee etc.) I can assure you that the experience of working in front of a camera is invaluable. Additionally you get material for your "Show Reel", and you can't get that just doing background work. Just make sure that when you sign up, you ask that you be provided with a finished copy of the movie as part of the deal!
Date
Project Title
Details
Audition Dates
February 1st 2012
"Ethan Jacobs"
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Shooting Mid March 2012
January 20th 2012
"The Elfpire Strikes Back"
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Jan 22nd and 24th 2012
January 19th 2012
"Happenstance"
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Jan 21st 2012
January 10th 2012
"Opening Night"
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Jan 19th and 20th 2012
January 8th 2012
"Behind Enemy Lines"
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Jan 11th, 13th, 14th 2012
November 3rd 2011
"Unseen Rain"
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November 18th 2011
October 22nd 2011
"I Am The Door"
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Wednesday October 26th 2011
October 20th 2011
"Traces of the Unfinished Nature of the World"
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Shooting October 23rd 2011
October 20th 2011
"A Life"
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October 23rd 2011
October 19th 2011
"The Order of Things"
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October 22nd 2011
October 19th 2011
"The Great Maldini"
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October 23rd 2011
October 19th 2011
"Astronomy Girl"
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Shooting Nov 15th - 17th 2011
October 18th 2011
"Blind"
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Oct 21st 2011
October 17th 2011
"Artificial Love"
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Oct 22nd 2011
October 16th 2011
"The Lesson"
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Oct 23rd 2011
October 16th 2011
"I Will Remember You"
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Oct 22nd 2011
October 16th 2011
"Captive"
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Oct 22nd 2011
October 8th 2011
"An Easy Job"
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Oct 13th 2011
October 3rd 2011
"The Assistant"
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Oct 14th 2011
Sept 27th 2011
"Aeternus"
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Oct 11th 2011
Sept 27th 2011
"Traces of the Unfinished Nature of the World"
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Shooting Oct 15th and 16th
Sept 27th 2011
"The Shepherd"
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Oct 11th 2011
Sept 25th 2011
"Amalgamations"
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Sept 28th 2011
Sept 23rd 2011
"Klaus the Frozen Nazi"
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Sept 29th 2011
Sept 22nd 2011
"Clive"
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TBA 2011
Sept 22nd 2011
"Honda Civic: Now and Forever" (Commercial)
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October 1st 2011
Sept 17th 2011
"Space Janitors"
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Submission deadline Sept 28th 2011
Sept 15th 2011
"Much Adolescent About Nothing"
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Sept 24th 2011
Sept 12th 2011
"New Home" (Commercial)
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Sept 20th 2011
Aug 12th 2011
"Der Kandidat" (The Candidate)
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Sept 10th - 11th 2011
May 13th 2011
"Spammers"
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May19th 2011
April 1st 2011
"I Love My Kid to Death"
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Shoot days April 9th 2011
March 29th 2011
"Six Years After"
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March 30th and 31st 2011
March 14th 2011
"Nirmal"
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March 18th or 19th 2011
March 7th 2011
"A Stranger"
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March 20th 2011
March 6th 2011
"In This Last of Meeting Places"
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March 7th 2011
February 23rd 2011
"Me, Myself and I"
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Feb 26th and 27th 2011
February 6th 2011
"Voices"
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Shoot starts Feb 18th 2011
February 6th 2011
"Let Me Stay"
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Feb 27th 2011
February 4th 2011
"Foreign Exchange"
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Feb 13th 2011
February 2nd 2011
"Birds of Prey"
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Feb 3rd 2011
February 1st 2011
"One Small Step"
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Probably Feb 12th 2011
January 21st 2011
"Not Worth Mentioning"
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Jan 21st, Jan 22nd and one day TBA 2011
January 9th 2011
"Teresa's Tummy"
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Shoot date Feb 27th - March 1st 2011
January 9th 2011
"24 to Life"
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Shoot date Feb 3rd - 5th 2011
December 10th 2010
"Lady Bare Knuckles"
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Shoot date late January 2011
December 6th 2010
"Comedic PSA Commercial"
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Shoot date December 8th 2010
November 20th 2010
"Conscience"
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November 24th 2010
October 31st 2010
"Dis-obedience"
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November 6th 2010
October 30th 2010
"Love Me Don't"
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November 4th 2010
October 22nd 2010
"And Miles To Go Before I Sleep"
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October 28th and 29th 2010
October 20th 2010
"Frozen Fruit"
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October 27th 2010
October 15th 2010
"H.A.A.R.P."
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October 22nd, 23rd, 29th, 30th 2010
October 8th 2010
"For God and Ulster"
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October 15th 2010
September 29th 2010
"The Ties"
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Shoot Date Nov 6th
3 days 2010
September 27th 2010
"Equip Reality"
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October 15th 2010
September 22nd 2010
"3D PSA projects"
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October 4th and 5th 2010
September 20th 2010
"Behind Wooden Walls"
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October 2nd and 3rd 2010
September 19th 2010
"BMW Soul"
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Sept 20th 2010
September 16th 2010
"Mother"
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Sept 25th and 26th 2010
August 25th 2010
"Heart Seeds"
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August 26th and 27th 2010
August 24th 2010
"Voice Overs"
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Shooting
September 2010
April 8th 2010
"Bump Bump"
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April 11th 2010
April 5th 2010
"Poet's Voice"
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April 7th 2010
March 27th 2010
"Wake Me Up"
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March 29th 2010
March 19th 2010
"All That You Love"
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March 21st and 23rd 2010
March 10th 2010
"Guidance"
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March 16th 2010
March 9th 2010
"The Code"
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March 12th and 15th 2010
February 28th 2010
"Oakville Jazz Commercial"
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Shooting March 5th/6th 2010
February 26th 2010
"Red"
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March 5th 2010
February 1st 2010
"Blue Bin"
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February 5th 2010
January 19th 2010
"Breaking Point"
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Jan 28th 2010: 12.30 - 5pm
January 19th 2010
"Pendragon"
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Jan 21st 2010
January 17th 2010
"My Pint With Conan"
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Jan 25th and 27th 2010
January 5th 2010
"Kazu and Azul"
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Jan 7th and 8th 2010
January 5th 2010
"Finding a Way"
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Jan 11th 2010
December 23rd 2009
"Preservation"
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Jan 14th and 18th 2010
Auditions: Currently, Apprentice ACTRA members can obtain only 1 credit from student movies. It used to be 2 until the council meeting in October 2005, but ACTRA decided in its infinite wisdom, that only one credit would be valid. That doesn't mean that you cannot work on as many student movies as you like, but you will get only the one credit. Regrettably the Apprentices were not allowed to vote on something that affects a mere 3,200 Apprentice members. .