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KINDRED SPIRITS is a fully-financed US based feature that blends sharp small-town comedy with real emotional depth. It's a nostalgic and sentimental story about grief, connection and the ties that outlast us.

At its centre is Dora, an mature tea-room medium whose gift for talking to the dead pulls together an unlikely ensemble: her whip-smart friend Janice, her granddaughter Chelsea quietly grieving beneath a tough exterior, a small-town sheriff carrying a secret he's never said out loud and a woman living with a diagnosis she refuses to let define her.

This is the kind of ensemble piece that doesn't come along often. Genuinely funny in places, genuinely devastating in others, with a supernatural thread running through it that never tips into camp.

We're assembling a brilliant cast around some exciting names already attached, and looking for actors who can embody the real, lived-in truth within characters who are, above all, deeply human.

Shooting will be London & East Sussex. Local hire preferred, ideally a London base.

MUST have flawless US accent across all roles. All talent must have some evidence of their US accent on their profiles.

Dates

Principle photography is Nov 9th - Dec 17th 2026

Roles

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Sandy Culpepper

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Principle role -

Sandy Culpepper has known Dora all her life. She watched Dora’s mother provide for others the way Dora does now and she never once believed her husband's accusations (Sheriff Jim Culpepper). To Sandy, the Tea Room is a place of comfort even though she doesn’t know what it’s entirely capable of. Dying of lung cancer and frightened of what comes next, she defies her husband to seek Dora out, not once but twice.

She is a warm, engaging character that evokes empathy. We're looking for characterful actors, with notable experience to portray this important character.

MUST have a flawless or native general US accent visible on profile. Anyone without evidence will not be considered.

NOTE: Sandy carries a terminal diagnosis and sadly loses her life in this film, so please be aware with any talent that might find that triggering/distressing.

Salary

Bottom line is Equity PACT, but negotiable if carrying profile.

Gender

Female Only

Age

55 - 70