Chicago Short Film Auditions & Jobs for Actors, Models & Performers

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Various roles including a survivalist, an exile, a retiree, an outcast, a refugee, or a lost someone looking for a new place to call home.

Due Date: 08/03/2026

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“The Glittering Butcher” Diamond is a physical manifestation of fear and regret. Diamond is Obsidia with an insatiable bloodlust. She wants to finally break free from Obsidia’s weakness of humanity.

Due Date: 08/03/2026

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Borg is the alien at the heart of the film — but he's a CGI character. This role is the on-set reference: the physical body the actors play against and what the animations build from. Well take this a...

Due Date: 06/22/2026

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A rough-around-the-edges roadside cook, pretty much over it — potentially drowning in debt. He takes pride in exactly one thing — his burger — and ends up trading his whole collapsing life on Earth fo...

Due Date: 06/22/2026

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The one normal person in the room when the world goes sideways. A dry, seen-it-all diner-lifer energy. Gladys keeps the diner — and Marv — from falling apart, and she's the last one standing in the wr...

Due Date: 06/22/2026

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A complex, magnetic woman aged 20–49, height 5’7”–6.2”, with long brunette hair and a commanding presence. Kristinet is the mirror image of Anna in appearance, but her spirit is more guarded, her pass...

Due Date: 08/31/2026

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Jonah - twelve-years-old, Jewish, skinny, just at the very beginning of puberty (you still can see the kid in him, but the start of the no-longer-a-kid), an old soul, a little wounded, he is deferenti...

Due Date: 06/11/2026

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Daniel's aunt and Lily's younger sister. Loud, funny, opinionated, and endlessly energetic. She brings warmth, humor, and chaos to every room while masking a deep love for her family. Language: Must ...

Due Date: 07/10/2026

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Daniel's late father, seen in memories and photographs. Quiet, supportive, and deeply influential in Daniel's life. His presence continues to shape Daniel long after his passing.

Due Date: 07/10/2026

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Daniel's former love. We meet him over a series of warm, intimate flashbacks. Alex is the only person in the film who looks at Daniel and sees him, not Daniel Chen, the pianist. He represents a versio...

Due Date: 07/10/2026