Supporting role (m/f) as “Father” for the student short film “Pocket Bike Symphony”

We are casting for the role of the FATHER of the main character in our Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg short film.

The short film is titled “Pocket Bike Symphony” and is a production of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, in co-production with SWR. Upon completion, the film will be added to the SWR media library. Filming will take place in the Cologne area; August 14 and 15 are the relevant dates for this role.

SYNOPSIS

In the height of summer, PAVEL, TEO, and ROSHA drift through the dreary, small-town backwater of Braake in search of excitement. The boys can’t find a place for themselves or a way to connect with their true selves. Their shared experiences have left behind rifts, tensions, and hurt feelings. Unable to address these issues, they escape into a shared state of intoxication.

While using drugs in the garden gazebo of their adult friend Björn, a young boy gets his hands on a nitrous oxide balloon thanks to Pavel and suffers a seizure. Overwhelmed, the group flees across the city’s wastelands. For the first time, they are directly confronted with the consequences of their actions.

The film explores the interstices of a group of friends and recounts the final day of their friendship, which does not break apart due to a single event, but rather gradually, due to their inability to talk to one another about fear, guilt, and vulnerability.

Unfortunately, we cannot pay a fee in the sense of an expense allowance or advance payment. However, meals, lodging, and travel expenses will be fully covered.

Contact person: Em

The character of the FATHER has one scene with dialogue; the rest of the time, he is simply a presence in the background. Despite their few words, the relationship between him and the main character, Pavel, is essential. A great deal is conveyed between the two through their glances. In the film’s final scene, an important exchange takes place between the father and son.