Along The Road (innovate dance film finalist)
Short Film
UBCP / ACTRA
Vancouver
This project is for the Innovate Dance Film Showcase. UBCP/ACTRA ULB | open to both union and non-union performers in Vancouver, BC Canada. Along the Road is a three-minute magical realism dance film in which two children — one Chinese, one Punjabi — play together in a park sandbox. Their everyday play reveals a friendship that may have always existed between their ancestors: a shared tea ceremony on the Silk Road, side by side labor building the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and gestures passed down so naturally they surface in a child's play. The film closes with the children inventing new movements together, showing how each generation inherits, but also redefines what was given to them.
Roles For This Project
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Submissions Due:
07/15/2026
CHINESE MAN ON RAILROAD (20-30) Some movement experience is preferred. He is working with another man to build the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
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Submissions Due:
07/15/2026
RIAN - chinese CANADIAN - OPEN GENDER (9). Curious, energetic, playful. Rian stumbles upon movement inherited from their ancestors through a play date with a friend. Requirement: must have movement or dancing experience.
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Submissions Due:
07/15/2026
PUNJABI MAN ON RAILROAD (20-30) Some movement experience is preferred. He is working with another man to build the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
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Submissions Due:
07/15/2026
INDIAN GRANDPA (60-80) He's on his daily morning walk, and he loves brisk walking.
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Submissions Due:
07/15/2026
INDIAN PERSON AT SILK ROAD - OPEN GENDER (30) Some movement experience is preferred. They are in conversation with a friend they met on the Silk Road.
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Submissions Due:
07/15/2026
CHINESE PERSON AT SILK ROAD - OPEN GENDER (30) Some movement experience is preferred. They are in conversation with a friend they met on the Silk Road.
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Submissions Due:
07/15/2026
CHINESE GRANDPA (60-80) He's on his daily stroll around the park; he walks at a steady pace.
More Roles For This Project
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Submissions Due:
07/15/2026
CHINESE MAN ON RAILROAD (20-30) Some movement experience is preferred. He is working with another man to build the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
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Submissions Due:
07/15/2026
PUNJABI MAN ON RAILROAD (20-30) Some movement experience is preferred. He is working with another man to build the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
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Submissions Due:
07/15/2026
INDIAN GRANDPA (60-80) He's on his daily morning walk, and he loves brisk walking.
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Submissions Due:
07/15/2026
INDIAN PERSON AT SILK ROAD - OPEN GENDER (30) Some movement experience is preferred. They are in conversation with a friend they met on the Silk Road.
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Submissions Due:
07/15/2026
CHINESE PERSON AT SILK ROAD - OPEN GENDER (30) Some movement experience is preferred. They are in conversation with a friend they met on the Silk Road.
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Submissions Due:
07/15/2026
CHINESE GRANDPA (60-80) He's on his daily stroll around the park; he walks at a steady pace.
