Teen Girl Wanted for "In the Land" (Thesis Short Film)
Looking to cast a Filipino teen girl for “In the Land,” an anti-colonial Filipino Midwestern Gothic Americana short thesis film. Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Rate: Unpaid About the project: Logline: When a lonely Filipino-American teen in rural Wisconsin falls for an alluring white man, her mother fears he is an Engkanto—the same sinister folk creature that preyed on her as a young girl. Additional info: Shooting February 11-14 in Westchester. If interested, please apply.
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Lead Filipino Nasala is a lonely, reserved, and stubborn Filipino-American girl who struggles to find companionship in her small Midwestern hometown. She copes with her boredom and isolation through escapism. Although she is resentful of the white society that surrounds her, a part of her always wants their acceptance.