Production:THURSDAY MARKET (Short Film)

Location: Toronto, Oakville

Employer: ThinkFilms

Duration: Shoot: 6 days+Rehearsal, starts Late January to Mid-February

ACTRA artist contracts Payment is on a lo/no/deferred basis.

DIRECTOR: Christine Jan Mesias.

PRODUCER: Azadeh Reisdanaee

Provocative 10-Minute Drama with award-winning student producer and director from Sheridan College Advanced Television and Film Program.

Synopsis:

Mariyah is on a mission. As she walks through the Thursday Market she begins to have doubts. She must decide what to do with the bomb before time runs out for her and for the people around her.

Apply to: Christine thursdaymarket@gmail.com

10 breakdowns:

1. Female / 25-30 yrs. / Middle Eastern. MARIYAH could be in the 20s, needs to look Middle Eastern. Comfortable with shots of back, shoulders, legs, stomach. Very conservative set. Determined, young female suicide bomber who realizes the price she pays for inhumanity.

2. Female / 41-50 yrs. / Middle Eastern. FATIMAH could be 40-50 years old, needs to look Middle Eastern. Familiar with Arabic language. Quiet Middle-aged woman who does not like confrontations.

3. Male / 61+ yrs. / Middle Eastern. OLDER MAN could be 60-70 years old, needs to look Middle Eastern. Familiar with Arabic language. Community and Spiritual Elder.

4. Female / 61+ yrs. / Middle Eastern. ELDEST WOMAN could be 60-70 years old, needs to look Middle Eastern. Familiar with Arabic language. Matronly religious follower.

5. Female / 18-24 yrs. / Middle Eastern. AMBER could be in late teens, needs to look Middle Eastern. Familiar with Arabic language. Teenager going across the border during war to meet her boyfriend.

6. Female / 18-24 yrs. / Middle Eastern. NADA could be in late teens, needs to look Middle Eastern. Familiar with Arabic language. Teenager going across the border during war to meet her boyfriend.

7. Either gender / 11-14 yrs. / Middle Eastern. CHILD IN MARKET could look 6-10 years old, needs to look Middle Eastern. Happy, smiling child in market place with mother.

8. Female / 41-50 yrs. / Any Ethnicity. HALA could be 40-50 years old, needs to look and be able to play Jewish. Familiar with Hebrew language. Energetic middle-aged woman who is generous but also quick-tempered.

9. Female /20-35 yrs./ PHOEBE. could be 20-35 years old. Needs to look and be able to play Jewish. Familiar with Hebrew language. Young newlywed and mother.

10. Male /20-40 yrs./ SOLDIERS. Must look Jewish or Middle Eastern. Soldiers patrolling the perimeter.