Este Nino Lindo
Location: Miami, FL
Type: Film
(MFA STUDENT THESIS FILM)
PROJECT NAME: Este Nino Lindo
PRODUCER: Mary McCune
DIRECTOR: Christian Fernandez
FILM SCHOOL: Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema of Brooklyn College
SHOOT DATES: TENTATIVE 8/16-8/26/17
LOCATION: Key West, FL
AUDITION DATE: Self-Tape
RATE: $125/10 hrs + 20% Agent Fee, meals + copy + lodging + travel + credit
SYNOPSIS/LOGLINE:
After a brother and sister escape Cuba on a makeshift raft, their lives and relationship are tested like never before.
LEAD
[Perla]
Female, 6-10 (older if can pass as younger), Hispanic, Cuban descent a BIG PLUS, Fluent Spanish and UPDATED WORKING PERMITS Mandatory (NOTE: A considerable portion of filming will take place on the water in a raft. All safety guidelines will be adhered to, however, talent must be comfortable in and on the water for this project.)
Perla is a young, imaginative, and intelligent little girl. She asks insightful questions and while she feels she understands her brother, she misses seeing him happy. The two of them drifting in a tenuous raft from Cuba, she finds that, while she trusts her brother, she is frightened by how he is being shaped by their treacherous journey. She doesn’t recognize him and she doesn’t understand why.
Please submit a headshot/reel to esteninofilm@gmail.com.
Also if available, please self tape yourself reading aloud a poem in Espanol.
Payment: Paid
City or Location of call: Miami, FL
Please submit to: esteninolindofilm@gmail.com
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