Production Title: Short Film Casting Call
Job Description: Casting directors are now casting, actors, models, and influencers to work on scenes filming in Greater Toronto Area between July 25th to August 9th.
Casting: Ollie
- A male in his 20s who is half-Chinese, half-Caucasian to be the lead in this film.
Covid Test: TBA
Rate: Pay is $300-$400 per day
Film Overview:
Emerald Garden explores issues surrounding racial identity through the lens of award-winning Canadian-Chinese Filmmaker James Michael Chiang (JMC). For Chiang, who is half-Chinese and half-Caucasian, identity has always been a deeply personal matter, often wrapped in struggles to fit in and feel a sense of belonging. This personal connection has motivated him to study the theme of identity in his personal and branded works. Emerald Garden seeks to convey the message that regardless of skin colour and intersections of identity, we should all be accepted for who we are.
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