Short Film | Drama

LOGLINE: After impulsively stealing 20 dollars from the homestay family, the 14-year-old Taiwanese boy drifts through alienation, desire for belonging, and the claws he bares to protect himself, alone, in a foreign country.

LOCATION: Greater Philadelphia

SHOOTING: Dec 6th to Dec 10th

CHARACTER INFORMATION:
Early teens, East Asian, male, fluent in Mandarin, preferably the Taiwanese dialect. Observant, reserved, cautious. An international student who arrived in the US three months ago on his own, still struggling to speak English, and lives with a homestay family. Latched onto Old, who came to the country three years ago, as his driftwood to help him fit in.
十多歲（12-15)，東亞裔，男性，中文流利，稍通台語更佳。觀察力強，內斂，謹慎。三個月前自己來到美國的小留學生，英文還不太會講，住在寄宿家庭。緊抓三年前來到美國的Old當作自己融入的浮木.

Ethnicity: Asian

Languages: Mandarin Chinese

Compensation: Unpaid, with meals, credit, footage, and lodging if necessary.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
This is a non-union Temple University Film and Media Arts student production. The production is happy to share the permit paperwork, our hour/break schedule, and background check with parents in advance of casting. The production complies with the Pennsylvania Child Labor Act, including age-based limited hours and rest breaks according to school/non-school days and talent age, and parent/guardian involvement. There will be a studio teacher/tutor on set if shooting days overlaps with school days. There is no nudity, stunts, weapons, or hazardous activity in the story.