Jigsaw Casting is seeking Canadian Residents from Toronto who send money back home to Mumbai or Manila for a CIBC Global Money Transfer (GMT) Campaign.
We will also be casting their families back home who receive their money from Canada, our production will be traveling to both of these cities to film each family for this commercial.
This docu-style Campaign brings a refreshingly, real depiction of what GMTs mean to Canadian Residents.
Looking for the following People with families back home:
1. You are a Canadian Resident, and you work here. We are open to Individuals or Couples/Family.
2. You are from the Toronto area. (GTA)
3. You have a family back home in either one of these cities: Mumbai, India OR Manila, Philippines. We are looking for 2 stories, one from each city.
4. Ideally, you have a big family back home, that you send money to.
5. You and your family are both comfortable being filmed. We are not looking for actors, but rather real families and stories. It’s fine if some of you and your family members are shy and awkward, we want to capture real emotions and feelings.
Compensation If selected:
We pay CAD 5,500.00 for you and your family. From that amount, $1,500 of it you are required to transfer to your family using our GMT system to send to them. You can share $5,500 with your family or send them half or just the $1,500.00. This is a nonunion campaign. No acting experience is required.
Deadline to submit: ASAP or before March 17, 2023 at 10AM. EST.
The earlier you apply the better since we are in a time crunch!
Must be available on these dates:
ZOOM Callbacks: March 21, 2023 (Back up date: March 20)
Mumbai (Family back home) Shoot date: April 7, 2023.
Manila (Family back home) Shoot date: April 12, 2023.
Toronto Shoot (Money Sender) Shoot date: April 18, 2023.
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