Casting Call for
COLD.

Inspired by the poem Annabel Lee, this short film explores the complexities of declining mental health and how love is not always enough to sustain one’s will to live. With depression one can be haunted by the mere premise of their own looming death. This short ends with the message to keep on living even when we lose those dear to us, as they live on in our memory.

Unpaid, Non-union Student Short Film

Roles we are looking for:

ANNA (20-25) Any Ethnicity, Female
A young artist who’s struggling to feel fulfilled and is slowly succumbing to her depression. In love with Allen, she feels that she only is sure of him in this world.
Must be comfortable with: On screen intimacy (kissing/cuddling), a scene at the beach (in water)
LEAD- Shoots for 3 days

ALLEN (20-25) Any Ethnicity, Male
A young man who wants to see the positives of life with Anna after losing his younger sister, Teresa. He’s healing from this loss in a healthy way. He worships Anna and strives for happiness for the both of them and finds joy in the simplicities of life.
Must be comfortable with: On screen intimacy (kissing/cuddling), a scene at the beach (in water)
LEAD- Shoots for 3 days

BETH (18-20) Any Ethnicity, Female
A recent high school graduate who is a loyal friend but lost her best friend, Teresa and has since turned rigid and cynical. Not only did she lose her best friend at the start of her senior year of high school, she lost her sanctuary and safety that she found with Tersa.
SUPPORTING- Shoots for 1-2 days

CECILIA (18-20) Any Ethnicity, Female
A girl who was once the light of her friend group has lost her spark and feels inadequate to be a good friend to Beth, she has closed herself off as a result.
SUPPORTING- Shoots for 1 day

If interested, please email Kayla Finley at [email protected]

***The Virginia Film Office is not affiliated with this project and it is up to the participants interested in this opportunity to vet the project and get more details directly from the filmmaker.***