Leading actress (f/d) for the Bachelor graduation film "Beside the World (AT)"

As part of the Bachelor of Film Production, we are looking for an actress to play the lead role of Mara.

The topic of grief is a universal, but at the same time very individual experience. Some deal with it, others try to avoid it or suppress it. The film takes up this theme. It is a movie for people who have gone through similar experiences, who can identify with the protagonist and thus feel seen and heard.

Plot
Mara, a young woman, loses herself more and more in her created dream world in order to escape reality and the death of her best friend Timo, until it catches up with her in her dreams and she has to face the truth.

Premise
Grief processing is a long and hard process. Repression only provides short-term protection, but prevents long-term healing and closure.

This is a student production, which is why the position is not remunerated.

Director: Erik James Egler
Casting contact: Anastasiia Tkachenko

Mara is attentive, empathetic and sensitive. She notices details that others overlook: Glances, gestures, small sentences. She appreciates people who listen, remember, are simply there. At the same time, she carries a deep inner restlessness within her.
She wants a lot from life - freedom, meaning, authenticity - and yet feels as if she is not really achieving any of it. This tension makes her tired.
She is not a loud person. Her conflicts are quiet, internal, insidious. Mara doesn't feel part of this world, but like an observer. She functions in everyday life, but inside she feels alien. Her dreams seem to move further and further away from her the more responsibility and pace her life takes on.
Since childhood, Mara has escaped into an inner world of her own creation - a place of nature, peace and space. There she feels free, understood and safe.