8 Years In The Desert, Part Deux
Short Video
Non Union
Eight Years is a sparse, cinematic short film set against the vast and unforgiving landscape of the Arizona Sonoran desert. One location. A single conversation. Two characters — a weathered, world-worn Man and a pale, provocative Woman — whose charged dynamic plays out in a single, slow-burning scene. The film lives almost entirely in what is left unsaid — in the space between two people who know each other all too well, and in the particular silence of a desert morning that ends in irreversible destruction. These roles demand presence over performance — two people whose entire history is visible in the way they stand, the way they avoid looking at each other, and the words they choose when simpler ones would do. Shot cinematically — wide, locked off, and unsparing — Eight Years is dialogue-driven and intimate, requiring two actors capable of carrying enormous subtext in stillness. Here, what is not said is far more powerful than what is.
Roles For This Project
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Short Video
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Man
Phoenix
40 - 55
Non Union
Short Video
Submissions Due:
05/09/2026
A weathered, deliberate man standing alone in the Sonoran Desert — the kind of person shaped by years of quiet endurance. He is a chain smoker with a moral compass he hasn't entirely abandoned, even as he finds himself complicit in something he knows is wrong. He's methodical and self-possessed, usi... [See More]
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Short Video
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Woman
Phoenix
25 - 45
Non Union
Short Video
Submissions Due:
05/09/2026
Pale, slight, and deceptively powerful — she is the kind of person who dismantles things simply because she can. She is provocative and sharp-tongued, wielding language like a weapon with a smile behind it. She doesn't need to raise her voice; she just needs to keep talking. There's something simult... [See More]
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Short Video
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$500/10 hr day, plus usage at $1000/day
Woman
Phoenix
35 - 45
Non Union
Short Video
Submissions Due:
04/25/2026
Pale, slight, and deceptively powerful — she is the kind of person who dismantles things simply because she can. She is provocative and sharp-tongued, wielding language like a weapon with a smile behind it. She doesn't need to raise her voice; she just needs to keep talking. There's something simult... [See More]
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Short Video
$500/10 hr day, plus...
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$500/10 hr day, plus usage at $1000/day
Man
Phoenix
45 - 55
Non Union
Short Video
Submissions Due:
04/25/2026
A weathered, deliberate man standing alone in the Sonoran Desert — the kind of person shaped by years of quiet endurance. He is a chain smoker with a moral compass he hasn't entirely abandoned, even as he finds himself complicit in something he knows is wrong. He's methodical and self-possessed, usi... [See More]
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Short Video
$500/10 hr day, plus...
Role Rate:
$500/10 hr day, plus usage at $1000/day
Phoenix
Non Union
Submissions Due:
05/09/2026
A weathered, deliberate man standing alone in the Sonoran Desert — the kind of person shaped by years of quiet endurance. He is a chain smoker with a moral compass he hasn't entirely abandoned, even as he finds himself complicit in something he knows is wrong. He's methodical and self-possessed, usi... [See More]
-
Short Video
$500/10 hr day, plus...
Role Rate:
$500/10 hr day, plus usage at $1000/day
Phoenix
Non Union
Submissions Due:
05/09/2026
Pale, slight, and deceptively powerful — she is the kind of person who dismantles things simply because she can. She is provocative and sharp-tongued, wielding language like a weapon with a smile behind it. She doesn't need to raise her voice; she just needs to keep talking. There's something simult... [See More]
-
Short Video
$500/10 hr day, plus...
Role Rate:
$500/10 hr day, plus usage at $1000/day
Phoenix
Non Union
Submissions Due:
04/25/2026
Pale, slight, and deceptively powerful — she is the kind of person who dismantles things simply because she can. She is provocative and sharp-tongued, wielding language like a weapon with a smile behind it. She doesn't need to raise her voice; she just needs to keep talking. There's something simult... [See More]
-
Short Video
$500/10 hr day, plus...
Role Rate:
$500/10 hr day, plus usage at $1000/day
Phoenix
Non Union
Submissions Due:
04/25/2026
A weathered, deliberate man standing alone in the Sonoran Desert — the kind of person shaped by years of quiet endurance. He is a chain smoker with a moral compass he hasn't entirely abandoned, even as he finds himself complicit in something he knows is wrong. He's methodical and self-possessed, usi... [See More]
