CASTING for I’M MAYA: Male Ger­man Actor (30s)

Schwarzes Brett,

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Ber­lin-based film­ma­ker see­king a male Ger­man actor (30s, flu­ent Eng­lish) for lead sup­port­ing role.
I’m deve­lo­ping a 10–11 minu­te short film titled I’m Maya; a dark­ly humo­rous cha­rac­ter stu­dy about a modern Tur­ki­sh immi­grant woman in Ber­lin who loses access to her social media and slow­ly unra­vels try­ing to pro­ve her iden­ti­ty.

The Role:
You’d play Maya’s boy­fri­end; well-mea­ning but emo­tio­nal­ly dis­con­nec­ted. He tri­es to sup­port her cri­sis but can’t ful­ly grasp her dis­pla­ce­ment. Loo­king for natu­ral, under­sta­ted per­for­mance with strong impro­vi­sa­ti­on skills.

Requi­re­ments:
‑Male, 30s
‑Flu­ent Ger­man (nati­ve pre­fer­red)
‑Conversational/​fluent Eng­lish
‑Com­for­ta­ble with natu­ra­li­stic, inti­ma­te acting

Curr­ent­ly Atta­ched:
‑Lead Actress (pro­fes­sio­nal actor)
‑DoP (DFFB)
‑Sup­port­ing Pro­du­cer (NYU Film alum)

Pro­duc­tion Details:
‑Pre-pro­duc­tion: Decem­ber 2025
‑Shoot: 4 days, Janu­ary 2026
‑Indoor apart­ment loca­ti­ons, Ber­lin
Small col­la­bo­ra­ti­ve crew, cine­ma­tic style
Non-paid pas­si­on pro­ject | Fes­ti­val cre­dits + IMDB

Inte­res­ted? Send your headshot and CV to iammayafilm@​gmail.​com – I’d be hap­py to dis­cuss the role fur­ther.
Dead­line: Novem­ber 30, 2025

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