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COLD BLOWS THE WIND
Independent feature film — now casting
Shooting in British Columbia, 15 August – 31 October 2026
Somewhere on the coast of British Columbia there is a cove. In that cove, there is a sailboat called Esperanto.
What happened there is disputed. Two old men will tell you one version, loudly, over the top of one another. A
father tells his daughter a gentler one. A woman writes it all down at night and is not certain she believes a word
of it.
There is a mermaid in it. She is several hundred years old and she likes old black-and-white movies.
We are looking for faces with weather in them and voices with some mileage. This is a character piece before it is
anything else — long scenes, real silence, and very little explaining. If that is the work you like, we would like to
see you.
PLEASE NOTE: MIRA and LITTLE MIRA are two entirely separate characters who happen to share a
name. Little Mira is not a younger version of Mira and is not related to her. Please do not submit for both.

$200 CAD/day flat, all roles — leads and supporting alike. Ten-hour days, paid weekly. Non-union.
Milestone bonuses on top of your fee, tied to money actually arriving rather than paperwork being signed. On the
production’s receipt of distribution revenue, a bonus equal to one times your total engagement fee. On
recoupment of total production cash cost, a further two times. Full terms are set out in the engagement agreement.
Little Mira: maximum 8-hour days, per BC Employment Standards for performers under 12.

LOCATIONSVancouver, BC (Locarno Beach, False Creek, Vancouver Harbour) · Georgia Strait · Gibsons / Desolation Sound
area, BC · BC Ferry (Langdale route). Some work is outside Vancouver. Travel and accommodation details
confirmed on casting.
TO SUBMIT

MIRA — please include a brief and candid note on your open-water and cold-water experience, and any
freediving, monofin or breath-hold background.

THOMAS and WALTER, DEBORAH and HELEN — tell us if you are submitting as an established pair.

LITTLE MIRA — parent or guardian only. Send a recent photo and a short video of her talking about something
she likes. No performance necessary. Please don’t rehearse her or prepare anything — we’d rather see her as she
is.

Sides are released to selected submissions. Full script at callback under NDA.
Self-tapes due 7 August. Callbacks 9 August. THOMAS and WALTER open until filled.
We would rather see one honest read than three polished ones.

Dates

15 August – 31 October 2026

Roles

Roles Details

Title

Isaak Grey

Content

male, late 30s to 40s, playing a span of roughly ten years. Open ethnicity.
LEAD.
A marine biologist. Sometimes. The rest of the time he disappears into the woods for a few months and comes
back broke — his own line, told as a joke, to strangers, at a dinner table.
Charming, self-deprecating, allergic to his own potential. The kind of man who is right about everything except
himself and would rather be liked than believed. He loves the water in a way he cannot make sound reasonable to
anyone.
Both versions of Isaak need to exist in the same actor already — sharp, well-dressed and sure of himself in one
timeline, holes in his shoes in the other.
The problem to solve: playing failure without apologising for it and without winking at us. He knows precisely
what he is. He simply cannot do anything about it.
A distinctive, characterful profile is an asset. A subtle prosthetic is used in one timeline; a broken nose is not a
requirement. Approx. 11 days.

Salary

$200/Day

Gender

Male Only

Age

35 - 48