Sixth Avenue Saints
Project Details
STORY: Set against the gritty, pre-gentrified streets of 1993 New York City, Sixth Avenue Saints follows Luan, a sensitive and imaginative 12-year-old boy growing up in a fractured household in Coney Island. Neglected by his emotionally absent father and forced to care for his struggling mother, Luan spends his days hiding out at an adult video store run by his fathers first wife. Lonely, confused, and desperate for connection, he becomes fascinated by Frankie, a fearless homeless street kid surviving downtown on his own. As the boys form an intense friendship, Frankie introduces Luan to a hidden side of New York - the piers, queer street life, hustlers, junkies, sex workers, and outsiders living on the margins of the city. Together, they drift through a city full of danger, beauty, humor, and possibility, while Luan slowly begins to confront feelings and desires he cannot yet put into words. Blending dark humor, tenderness, and raw emotional realism, Sixth Avenue Saints is a coming-of-age story about identity, survival, friendship, and the search for belonging among societys forgotten people.
Roles For This Project
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Feature Film
Young Albanian Man
Scale Modified Low B...
Role Rate:
Scale Modified Low Budget Scale
Man
Seattle
28 - 35
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Feature Film
Submissions Due:
07/31/2026
Man; 28 to 35 years old; Eastern European. Albanian. Must speak Albanian. Handsome, confident, and effortlessly masculine. Comfortable in his own skin, he shares an easy, intimate familiarity with Arben that quietly reveals a deeper relationship. One line in Albanian. Talent must be comfortable with... [See More]
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Feature Film
Drita
Scale Modified Low B...
Role Rate:
Scale Modified Low Budget Scale
Woman
Seattle
10 - 12
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Feature Film
Submissions Due:
07/17/2026
Girl; 10 to 12 years old; Eastern European, White. Looking for true Eastern European talent that speaks English as a second language (has a natural Eastern European accent). A sweet, shy girl brought from Albania after her father becomes terminally ill. Unaware that the adults have arranged for her ... [See More]
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Feature Film
Aisha
Scale Modified Low B...
Role Rate:
Scale Modified Low Budget Scale
Woman
Seattle
8 - 10
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Feature Film
Submissions Due:
07/17/2026
Girl; 8 to 10 years old; Eastern European, White. Albanian-American. No accent or langauge skills required. Luan’s sharp-tongued half-sister. Raised in Arben’s household, Aisha mirrors the prejudice and cruelty she’s absorbed from the adults around her, using ridicule to assert her place within the ... [See More]
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Feature Film
A.J.
Scale Modified Low B...
Role Rate:
Scale Modified Low Budget Scale
Man
Seattle
12 - 15
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Feature Film
Submissions Due:
07/17/2026
Boy; 12 to 15 years old; Eastern European, White. Albanian-American. No accent or language skills required. Luan’s teenage half-brother. Cocky, dismissive, and eager to impress his father, A.J. treats Luan like an outsider and rarely misses an opportunity to belittle him. More interested in video ga... [See More]
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Feature Film
Deli Man Raj
Scale Modified Low B...
Role Rate:
Scale Modified Low Budget Scale
Man
Seattle
40 - 60
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Feature Film
Submissions Due:
07/10/2026
Man; 40 to 60 years old; South Asian. The outspoken owner of a rundown Greenwich Village deli who has seen everything the neighborhood can throw at him. Raj is sharp-tongued, no-nonsense, and impossible to intimidate. Whether chasing out troublesome customers or casually selling cigarettes to neighb... [See More]
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Feature Film
Mr. Bonanno
Scale Modified Low B...
Role Rate:
Scale Modified Low Budget Scale
Man
Seattle
50 - 60
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Feature Film
Submissions Due:
07/10/2026
Man; 50 to 60 years old; White. Italian American. Heavyset. The overweight owner of a Sixth Avenue adult video store with deep ties to the Italian mob. Loud, intimidating, and unapologetically old-school, Bonanno runs his business with the confidence of a man who knows people are afraid to cross him... [See More]
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Feature Film
Lulja
SAG Modified Low Bud...
Role Rate:
SAG Modified Low Budget Scale
Woman
Seattle
30 - 40
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Feature Film
Submissions Due:
07/10/2026
Woman; 30 to 40 years old; Eastern European. Luan’s mother, a former dancer uprooted from Eastern Europe, is beautiful, passionate, and deeply unhappy. Trapped in a fractured marriage and isolated in a country she never wanted to call home, she oscillates between fierce devotion to her son and emoti... [See More]
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Feature Film
Frankie
SAG Modified Low Bud...
Role Rate:
SAG Modified Low Budget Scale
Man
Seattle
10 - 13
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Feature Film
Submissions Due:
07/03/2026
Boy; 10 to 13 years old; Black, Hispanic, Mixed Ethnicity.Male, 10-13. Mixed race, black or Hispanic. Frankie is street-smart, fearless, hilarious, and wildly charismatic - a homeless kid who moves through New York City like he owns it. Forced to grow up too fast, he survives through hustle, humor, ... [See More]
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Feature Film
Frankie
SAG MLB Scale
Man
Seattle
10 - 13
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Feature Film
Submissions Due:
06/19/2026
Male, 10-13. Written as Puerto Rican or Dominican, though open to Latino actors of any background. Frankie is street-smart, fearless, hilarious, and wildly charismatic - a homeless kid who moves through New York City like he owns it. Forced to grow up too fast, he survives through hustle, humor, man... [See More]
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Feature Film
Luan
SAG MLB Scale
Man
Seattle
10 - 13
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Feature Film
Submissions Due:
06/19/2026
Written as Albanian American, though open to talent with any Eastern or Southeastern European background. Sensitive, imaginative, and emotionally perceptive beyond his years, Luan is a lonely child growing up between worlds in 1993 New York City. Feminine without fully understanding what that means ... [See More]
Similar Roles
Roles For This Project
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Feature Film
Scale Modified Low B...
Role Rate:
Scale Modified Low Budget Scale
Seattle
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Submissions Due:
07/31/2026
Man; 28 to 35 years old; Eastern European. Albanian. Must speak Albanian. Handsome, confident, and effortlessly masculine. Comfortable in his own skin, he shares an easy, intimate familiarity with Arben that quietly reveals a deeper relationship. One line in Albanian. Talent must be comfortable with... [See More]
-
Feature Film
Scale Modified Low B...
Role Rate:
Scale Modified Low Budget Scale
Seattle
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Submissions Due:
07/17/2026
Girl; 10 to 12 years old; Eastern European, White. Looking for true Eastern European talent that speaks English as a second language (has a natural Eastern European accent). A sweet, shy girl brought from Albania after her father becomes terminally ill. Unaware that the adults have arranged for her ... [See More]
-
Feature Film
Scale Modified Low B...
Role Rate:
Scale Modified Low Budget Scale
Seattle
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Submissions Due:
07/17/2026
Girl; 8 to 10 years old; Eastern European, White. Albanian-American. No accent or langauge skills required. Luan’s sharp-tongued half-sister. Raised in Arben’s household, Aisha mirrors the prejudice and cruelty she’s absorbed from the adults around her, using ridicule to assert her place within the ... [See More]
-
Feature Film
Scale Modified Low B...
Role Rate:
Scale Modified Low Budget Scale
Seattle
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Submissions Due:
07/17/2026
Boy; 12 to 15 years old; Eastern European, White. Albanian-American. No accent or language skills required. Luan’s teenage half-brother. Cocky, dismissive, and eager to impress his father, A.J. treats Luan like an outsider and rarely misses an opportunity to belittle him. More interested in video ga... [See More]
-
Feature Film
Scale Modified Low B...
Role Rate:
Scale Modified Low Budget Scale
Seattle
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Submissions Due:
07/10/2026
Man; 40 to 60 years old; South Asian. The outspoken owner of a rundown Greenwich Village deli who has seen everything the neighborhood can throw at him. Raj is sharp-tongued, no-nonsense, and impossible to intimidate. Whether chasing out troublesome customers or casually selling cigarettes to neighb... [See More]
-
Feature Film
Scale Modified Low B...
Role Rate:
Scale Modified Low Budget Scale
Seattle
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Submissions Due:
07/10/2026
Man; 50 to 60 years old; White. Italian American. Heavyset. The overweight owner of a Sixth Avenue adult video store with deep ties to the Italian mob. Loud, intimidating, and unapologetically old-school, Bonanno runs his business with the confidence of a man who knows people are afraid to cross him... [See More]
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Feature Film
SAG Modified Low Bud...
Role Rate:
SAG Modified Low Budget Scale
Seattle
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Submissions Due:
07/10/2026
Woman; 30 to 40 years old; Eastern European. Luan’s mother, a former dancer uprooted from Eastern Europe, is beautiful, passionate, and deeply unhappy. Trapped in a fractured marriage and isolated in a country she never wanted to call home, she oscillates between fierce devotion to her son and emoti... [See More]
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Feature Film
SAG Modified Low Bud...
Role Rate:
SAG Modified Low Budget Scale
Seattle
SAG-AFTRA, Modified Low Budget Film
Submissions Due:
07/03/2026
Boy; 10 to 13 years old; Black, Hispanic, Mixed Ethnicity.Male, 10-13. Mixed race, black or Hispanic. Frankie is street-smart, fearless, hilarious, and wildly charismatic - a homeless kid who moves through New York City like he owns it. Forced to grow up too fast, he survives through hustle, humor, ... [See More]
-
Submissions Due:
06/19/2026
Male, 10-13. Written as Puerto Rican or Dominican, though open to Latino actors of any background. Frankie is street-smart, fearless, hilarious, and wildly charismatic - a homeless kid who moves through New York City like he owns it. Forced to grow up too fast, he survives through hustle, humor, man... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
06/19/2026
Written as Albanian American, though open to talent with any Eastern or Southeastern European background. Sensitive, imaginative, and emotionally perceptive beyond his years, Luan is a lonely child growing up between worlds in 1993 New York City. Feminine without fully understanding what that means ... [See More]