Staff PickShooting Location: Oman
Casting: When we arrive ( feature film )
Casting date Ongoing / Self TAPE / CASTING STUDIO
Shoot Dates: Overall 14th feb-7Th march 21 + 1 week for any reshoots
Callbacks: TBC
Fees : low budget independent feature film TBC UPDATE
We are casting a low budget independent feature film in Arabic.
The production was due to start filming in jan & due to the pandemic dates have moved. Artists that have auditioned are still being considered. The director is keen to see a few more options.
The film has a very touching script.
The film has great parts for both child & adult performers.
Actors will be paid a weekly rate + travel accom per diems etc
We are looking for performers that speak classical Arabic fluently.
Requested suggestions will be asked to self tape in classical Arabic.
We have a very fast turn around on this production
The film:
The United Nations estimates at least 2.5 million migrants worldwide were smuggled in 2019. The story is set around a group of strangers in the middle east now refugees that were forced to leave their homeland. They are being smuggled in the back of a truck. Each person has their own story to tell .
We are looking to cast actors that speak fluent Arabic. They can be based in the UK / EU / Middle East/ Canada/ US
This movie will be filmed just outside Muscat in Oman on a massive estate with accommodation.
Artists will be required to take a covid test before travel & on set.
This will be paid for by production.
Both artists & crew will be asked to quarantine in Oman for the 1st 5 days.
It will be a closed set with a small crew
Full COVID safely measures will be in place on the set.
Artists may have to quarantine when they return to their home country.
We have scripts in both English / Arabic text
Talent should be of middle eastern heritage & speak classical Arabic
Many Thanks
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Job payment
Paid - Actors will be paid a weekly rate + travel accom per diems etc
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Aisha - female
Playing age 30’-40’s she looks a bit older due to stress. She was a middle class homemaker & mother. Aisha’s husband was killed in a bomb attack. Asiha is hiding in the back of her truck trying to escape to a safe place with her 9-month-old baby Luna who she lives for.Asiha used to watch a lot of Turkish soap operas but stopped because of the war
Female, aged 30 to 50
- Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
- Languages: Arabic
Applications closed 18 January 2021.
Osman - male
Playing age 16 turning 17 years old.We would like to cast an actor 18+ He is a teenager he has nothing in life apart from his football shirt.He is not a big reader ,he loves football,pulp fiction he listens to a lot of sad music like cigs after sex ,1975 . Before the war he would look after his grandmother.
Male, aged 18 to 21
- Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
- Languages: Arabic
Applications closed 18 January 2021.
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