Casting Call for a Cinema One Originals Film 2012

Mamay Umeng
A film by Dwein Baltazar
Cinema One Originals 2012

SYNOPSIS:
Mamay Umeng is an emotional tale of an elderly man as he awaits his impending fate. The film explores questions of life and death and how one comes to terms with oneself during the wait.


CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:
MAMAY UMENG / MAMAY DING
- male / 80+ years old
- kayumanggi
- payat
- deeply wrinkled
- white-haired

ROWENA
- female / 36-42 years old
- maitim / kayumanggi
- payat / pwedeng pagmukhaing losyang at sakitin.

GINA
- female / 50's
- kayumanggi
- mataba
- tomboyin / butch
- short hair

TUTENG
- female / late 40's
- kayumanggi
- pwedeng pagmukhaing galing japan o probinsyanang nakapagtrabaho sa Manila.

ILANG
- male or female / 4-6 years old
- maintim/kayumanggi
- medyo mataba
- mukhang wala pang muwang sa buhay

Actors must know or must be willing to learn how to speak Batangueño.


Two rounds of auditions will take place. The first will be in Quezon City on July 7, Saturday, and the other will be in Batangas City on July 8, Sunday. Principal photography will take place on August in San Juan, Batangas.

If you are interested to audition, please send your CV with contact details, headshot, and a full body picture to mamay.umeng@gmail.com, and we will contact you for further instructions. Please indicate where you want to audition.

For those wanting to audition for the role of Mamay Umeng / Mamay Ding, a representative may come to the auditions instead. Kindly email the requirements mentioned above, and if possible, please add more photos for reference.

The deadline for sending the requirements is on July 6, 2012 (Friday) at 5pm.

If you have questions, please email us at mamay.umeng@gmail.com or text Blessy at 0927-7978179.