CASTING FOR FEATURE FILM JOSEPHINE

OPEN CALL!

In Search Of Agency is currently casting JOSEPHINE, a feature film written and directed by Beth de Araújo, set to film between late April - June 2024. This film is loosely based off of Beth’s personal experience as a child and will be starring two big name actors alongside our Lead character.

LOGLINE

JOSEPHINE tells the story of how a brutal attack that 8-year old Josephine and her father interrupt early one morning in Golden Gate Park reverberates through their family.

They are currently seeking talent for their LEAD role:

Josephine - 8 years old, half East Asian / half Caucasian, born in America. Sporty, active, likes to be silly with her father and looks up to him. Well behaved, obedient, and disciplined. Grew up sheltered but loves exploring. Inquisitive and excitable by nature. After Josephine witnesses an attack one morning in the park with her father, she starts to see the world as unfair and gradually becomes less and less obedient. She transforms into someone who is untrusting, spontaneously angry, brooding, and unpredictable when she feels unsafe. Josephine spirals into hyper-vigilance, which is its own kind of paranoia, increasingly panicked and scared. This causes her to have a deep sense of loneliness.

NO ACTING EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
THIS IS A PAID OPPORTUNITY

Talent can be based anywhere in the United States and must be legal to work in the US.

Local Bay Area submissions are highly encouraged!

PROJECT DETAILS

Shoot Location - San Francisco, California
Lead Character Prep - about 2 weeks of prep leading up to shoot dates
Shoot Dates - 7-week shoot starting April 24, 2024 (shoot schedule is 5 days a week)
Call Backs - mid/late March

Writer / Director - Beth de Araújo
Producers - Josh Peters, Joshua Beirne-Golden and David Kaplan
Casting - Natalie Lin & Nafisa Kaptownwala at In Search Of

This is a SAG-AFTRA film project, but they are open to considering any Non-union talent as well!

First time actors are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED!

FILMMAKER BIO

Beth de Araújo is a Writer and Director featured in Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film and was nominated for the 2022 Gotham Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award. Her debut feature film, Soft & Quiet, premiered at SXSW 2022 Film Festival and was acquired by Blumhouse. It is available to watch on Netflix. Her Moth story, Don’t Move, based on her feature screenplay, Josephine, participated in the 2018 Sundance Directors Lab, Screenwriters Lab, is a recipient of the SFFILM Rainin Filmmaking Grant, and the Dolby Institute Fellowship. Araújo performed in three sold out shows for The Moth Mainstage at BAM Theater in NYC, Byham Theater in Pittsburgh, and The Palace Theater in Los Angeles in 2019. Her AFI Directing Workshop for Women short film, based on her Gawker essay, I Want To Marry A Creative Jewish Girl, won best screenplay at Hollyshorts Film Festival. Araújo has a BA in Sociology from The University of California Berkeley and an MFA from the American Film Institute. Her mother is Chinese-American and her father is from Brazil. She was born and raised in San Francisco with her three sisters and is a dual citizen of both Brazil and the United States.

Requirements

WE WILL BE ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR FEMALE TALENT AGES 7-10 YEARS OLD. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT IF YOUR CHILD IS NOT WITHIN THIS AGE BRACKET.

SUBMIT ONLINE VIA AIRTABLE:
https://tinyurl.com/mr3bmur8

Please submit ASAP or by MARCH 1 at 6pm PST (the earlier you submit, the better) We will continue to accept submissions through March but it is ideal for interested applicants to submit ASAP. If there is further interest, we will reach out via email or phone to schedule you for a callback.