For Shel­ly Silver’s new expe­ri­men­tal docu­men­ta­ry blen­ding fic­tion and rea­li­ty, we
are loo­king for per­for­mers for a ran­ge of roles – inclu­ding spo­ken sce­nes as well as
per­for­ma­ti­ve, silent, or cho­reo­gra­phed moments.
The film explo­res four his­to­ri­cal­ly char­ged loca­ti­ons in and around Pots­dam and
Ber­lin explo­ring the tan­gled lines of power, histo­ry, vio­lence and fan­ta­sy that can
be drawn bet­ween them. The sto­ry unfolds through the eyes of a fic­tion­al film
stu­dent as she enga­ges with the­se places in an effort to make sen­se of the rapidly
chan­ging world.
We are curr­ent­ly loo­king to fill the role of the film stu­dent and her on again off again
roman­tic part­ner. Acting expe­ri­ence is hel­pful but not requi­red – more important
are open­ness, curio­si­ty, and a wil­ling­ness to col­la­bo­ra­te.
DEADLINE 31st August
Shoo­ting Peri­od: Fle­xi­ble dates bet­ween Sep­tem­ber and Decem­ber
Loca­ti­on: Ber­lin /​ Pots­dam area /​ Resi­den­cy in Ger­ma­ny requi­red
To app­ly: Plea­se send us your cas­ting tape along with your CV
EMAIL: por_​1@​manderleyfilms.​com
Role: Film Stu­dent
Age Ran­ge: 25–35
Gen­der: que­er, she/​her
Back­ground: Pre­fer­a­b­ly U.S.-American and Ger­man-spea­king (U.S. accent)
Expe­ri­ence: Open to pro­fes­sio­nal or non-pro­fes­sio­nal per­for­mers
Skills Requi­red:
● Natu­ra­li­stic acting style
● Abili­ty to balan­ce subt­le dra­ma and inad­ver­tent come­dy
● Com­for­ta­ble with impro­vi­sa­ti­on
Cha­rac­ter Descrip­ti­on:
A film stu­dent who claims she’s refu­sing to make a film — though it seems she
might secret­ly be making one after all. She’s smart, iro­nic, playful and pos­si­bly
unre­lia­ble. In other words, laye­red. She can lie or at least cut cor­ners for what she
wants – making you doubt your read of her.
REEL INSTRUCTIONS
1. Intro­du­ce yours­elf
2. Pro­fi­le, eating an apple/​smoking, turn slow­ly and look into the came­ra. Repeat,
this time loo­king to came­ra right.
3. Tell a sad sto­ry to someone sit­ting came­ra left
4. Tell a joke loo­king into the came­ra
5. The cha­rac­ter has a visu­al or phy­si­cal talent — this could be sin­ging, dancing,
cir­cus skills, or some­thing unex­pec­ted. She’s not a “per­for­mer,
” so it doesn’t
need to be polished or pro­fes­sio­nal — just some­thing visual­ly striking.
6. Speak the fol­lo­wing text, slow­ly, as if you’re tel­ling it to someone as oppo­sed
to rea­ding it:
“Fried­rich der Gro­ße wur­de am 24. Janu­ar 1712 gebo­ren. Er war der drit­te
Sohn sei­ner Eltern. Zwei klei­ne Fried­richs waren bereits gestor­ben: der eine,
weil man ihm bei der Tau­fe eine Kro­ne auf den Kopf zwang, der ande­re, als
die Kano­nen zu sei­ner Geburt zu nahe an sei­ner Wie­ge abge­feu­ert wur­den.
Der drit­te Fried­rich, der weder gegen Kro­nen noch gegen Geweh­re all­er­gisch
war, über­leb­te.”
Note: Feel free to send in various takes of any of the abo­ve prompts
Role: Part­ner
Age: 25–35 (fle­xi­ble)
Gen­der: Que­er, they/​them, she/​her
Back­ground: Ger­man with Eng­lish spea­king skills
Style: Natu­ra­li­stic, not thea­tri­cal actor or non-actor
Expe­ri­ence: Open to pro­fes­sio­nal or non-pro­fes­sio­nal per­for­mers
Skills Requi­red:
Understands/​can speak Eng­lish, doesn’t need to be per­fect
Cha­rac­ter Descrip­ti­on:
The part­ner is (main) love inte­rest of film stu­dent, the main prot­ago­nist.
They are poli­ti­ci­zed and see them­sel­ves as an acti­vist.
Try­ing to learn to have more pati­ence with others
Strong phy­si­cal­ly and men­tal­ly with a warm­ish side
Sup­port­i­ve of GF up to a point
Can argue/​be argu­men­ta­ti­ve when voi­cing beliefs they care about
REEL INSTRUCTIONS
1. Intro­du­ce yours­elf
2. 3. 4. Pro­fi­le, eating an apple/​smoking, turn slow­ly and look into the came­ra
Tell a joke loo­king into the came­ra
The cha­rac­ter has a visu­al or phy­si­cal talent — this could be sin­ging,
dancing, cir­cus skills, or some­thing unex­pec­ted. She’s not a
“per­for­mer,
” so it doesn’t need to be polished or pro­fes­sio­nal — just
some­thing visual­ly striking.
Note: Feel free to send in various takes of the same task 🙂

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