Current Projects

Deft Pictures is pleased to announce they are casting for their upcoming feature film, Not Bad for a Punk Band. With production in two phases, shooting the short film (proof of concept) on August 13th and 14th, 2022 with the feature film shooting in Spring/Summer 2023. Both shooting in the Twin Cities metro area.

Eight years after their band’s breakup, Charlie and Etta find themselves meeting again at a wedding, and must finally reconcile with the past that is holding them back or risk losing each other forever.

• Job: Feature

This film evolves around the theme of success and recogntion while chasing your dream. The Piano Man crew consists of individuals who have been working and grinding in the creative industry across the country. We all relate to the characters of this film. 

Filming in St. Louis later this summer, we are looking for characters who match both the crew and the story, they're still chasing that dream.   

While trying to overcome his timid personality, a struggling jazz pianist lands a gig at an upscale restaurant that's looking for a full-time player. 

• Job: Other

A darkly comic horror short centering around a young woman, Casey, who lives alone.

Casey begins to notice odd happenings in her apartment and has to take matters in her own hands to solve the mystery. Unfortunately, it's not the only dangerous presence knocking at her door.

This will be a self-funded project with potential for festival submission but with no guaranteed payment for all cast and crew involved. It is a first-time director finally getting to work on a script he's been honing for half a decade and a crew of professionals in their own fields looking for experience in the film industry.

• Job: Other

We are looking for adoptees and others who are looking to meet their biological families for the award winning reality TV show, Relative Race. We are now casting for season 11. We are looking for people of all ethnicities, aged 18 to 50, who live in the USA. Please share with anyone who may be interested. 

We are interviewing select candidates ASAP to discover if we can help them to locate and meet their biological relatives. To find our contestants’ families, we use Ancestry DNA in combination with some of the industry's top genealogists and research methods. If chosen to appear on the show, contestants will travel with a teammate on a ten-day journey across the U.S. to discover new relatives and compete for $50,000. Please apply ASAP with notes about your story and who you are looking for to begin the process. Thanks for submitting!

• Job: TV Series

One of the top Brand Channels in the world on YouTube, is searching for an energetic, spontaneous, and dedicated actor. Produces dozens of pieces of content every week and we are currently searching for new faces to be in those videos. Actors must have past experience in front of the camera but it does not have to be in a professional capacity. Improvisational training and skills are a plus but not required. 

This performing role will be a weekly part-time job with filming taking place during normal business hours. You must have a flexible weekly schedule to apply.

If you feel you are interested, please provide a headshot, reel or examples of your acting skills, and resume. 

• Job: Video

"Amma's Ashes" was just selected by the Access Sacramento film studio as one of 10 screenplays to be produced this summer for the Place Called Sacramento Film Festival. 

We're looking for South Asian women, men and teens, including one genderqueer teen/young adult actor. 
 

There is no pay at this tome, but if you're traveling to Sacramento from out of town for the shoot, we can compensate for gas expenses. We can offer the chance to work with some of Sacramento's top professionals in a down-to-earth and supportive creative environment, as well as a movie credit. The film will be submitted to the festival circuit, and developed as a television series. 

Here's a synopsis of "Amma's Ashes, or Mystery at the Sacramento River":

As eldest daughter and executor of her mother’s estate, Kaveri has three days to disperse her mother’s ashes in the Sacramento River, but first she must marshal her ragtag family and solve her mother's mystery. 

• Job: Feature