Meanwhile... PIT makes Toronto Premiere!

It's been a busy time for us at Rosco with extremely rewarding finishes to a number of projects.

One of these, is the Toronto premiere of our short film PIT which we wrote, shot, and edited in a span of two months last year!

I have to say, Canadian Film Festival is a new favourite! Celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, CFF is a vibrant festival celebrating independent Canadian films of a very high caliber. We were honoured to open the Home Grown Shorts program this year.

Proudest filmmaker moment to date: seeing my name in the credits of Rosco Films' "PIT" during Canadian Film Fest...
Posted by Katie Parkes on Sunday, April 3, 2016

We went down with Katie Parkes (1st AD) and our star Lindsay Stewart to represent the PIT crew and we had a great time. Festival director Bern Euler made us feel welcome and people were gushing to Lindsay afterward about his performance, which is both understated and spectacular, if we may say so ourselves.

One thing I noted watching all the other shorts in the program was that every one of them had some kind of funding - there were a lot of sponsors, Bell Media, Whites International, etc who helped produce their films. We, on the other hand, made PIT for, I think it was $500 out of pocket. Such an interesting difference, and yet our production was equal to those with $50,000 budgets. Of course, I would've loved a budget so that we could pay our crew but it reminded me that budget doesn't necessarily equal a good film.

We had a ton of great people working on this short and we would be remiss if we didn't recognize them all so watch this and clap your hands, wherever you are:

PIT Crew from Jonathan Steckley on Vimeo.

World Premiere: PIT at Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival!

Every once in a while, we get lucky with a story. PIT was written, shot, and screened within two months and it's one of our strongest creative efforts yet.

In September, PIT premiered at Cinéfest - the second consecutive year in which one of our films premiered at this festival! Cinéfest being one of the top festivals in Canada and the envy of every city trying to establish a film scene, we are honoured that they took a chance on us again.

Lindsay Stewart as the intrepid romantic, Harvey.

Jennifer Gough co-stars as the bewildered and beautiful Wanda.

Fantastic cast doing weird things.

Casting Call - Short film, PIT.

Not one to rest on our so-called laurels, we are prepping for a short film shoot whilst pumping our feature film premiere at Cinéfest Sudbury 2014!

Get ready for a weird role in a sweet little love story!

1 woman - 50s or older, any ethnicity

CHIEF EXAMINER - stern, "Nurse Ratched" presence, she holds a stop watch and a clip board and makes sure everything is running smoothly.

1 woman - 30s or 40s, any ethnicity

WANDA - an EXAMINER just trying to do her job as the man she is examining tries to win her over.

3 men - in  40s or older, any ethnicity.

Looking for fearless male actors for a non-speaking role of MALE SPECIMEN.

Must be comfortable with your shirt off and standing on your feet for extended periods. This film is set in the 80s so moustaches and thick glasses are an asset.

3 women - in 30s or older, any ethnicity.

You must be even more fearless than the men (see image below for an idea of the scene) for non-speaking role of EXAMINER.  You are researchers examining the men for reasons unknown in a cold, clinical, sterile environment.  Must be comfortable being up close with (possibly smelly) shirtless men.

Send us a headshot and/or full body shot to: casting@roscofilms.com 

We are looking to shoot in early/mid November, 2 days.

See images below for the inspiration for this strange, sweet, love story!