[NEohioPAL] CASTING NOTICE: Short film 'Lunchbox' seeks lead and supporting roles - PAID

[Jessie Ng]

*CASTING NOTICE: *
We are still in search of 2 key roles for the short film, Lunchbox
<https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/07/northeast-ohio-native-anne-hu-explores-taiwanese-american-identity-in-upcoming-short-film.html>,
written, directed and starring Anne Hu <http://www.annehu.com/>.
*Deadline has been extended to 10/3 Sunday evening.*

*Chinluan *(age 40-55)
East Asian female. Must speak Mandarin with a Taiwanese accent. A Taiwanese
immigrant who struggles with understanding the English language, white
American culture, and her Taiwanese American daughter.

Filming dates: 10/16-10/18

*June* (age 5-7)
Half East Asian, Half Caucasian female.  Speaks Mandarin (beginners
welcome, only need to speak 1-2 lines).  A sweet, half-Taiwanese half-white
kindergartener, who loves her mother and her mother’s cooking.  She loves
school and getting tucked into bed by her mother.

Filming date: 10/19 OR 10/20

*Open to professional and non-professional actors! This is a paid position.*

Submit a photo/headshot, resume, reel/acting samples, and self-tape of
sides.
Please email *lunchboxthefilm at gmail.com <lunchboxthefilm at gmail.com>* for
sides for self-tape. Submissions open until October 1, 2021.

*Logline*
When a Taiwanese American woman prepares lunches from her childhood, she
struggles to forgive herself for pushing away her immigrant mother.


*Synopsis*Lunchbox is a dramatic, three-part, coming-of-age short about
regret, healing, and honoring the people we love.  Using her deceased
immigrant mother’s recipe book, Taiwanese American Shirley makes zongzi,
turnip cake, and hand-pulled noodles. As she cooks, each dish evokes a
childhood memory in which she grows progressively older and more distant
from her Taiwanese culture and mother.  When Shirley’s assimilation efforts
culminate in her election to the Homecoming Court, a mistake by Shirley’s
mother humiliates her, eliciting cruel words Shirley can never take back.
Based on a true story, this retelling examines the personal cost of fitting
in as well as the recovery from cultural and familial loss.

Jessie Ng
*Production Manager*
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