A casting company is looking for extras for a film that will be shot in Clare and Galway over the next two months.
Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth), Barry Keoghan (The Killing Of A Sacred Deer) and Niamh Algar (The Drummer And The Keeper) will lead the cast of director Nick Rowland’s feature debut Calm With Horses for Michael Fassbender’s DMC Film.
Calm with Horses is set to shoot in the West of Ireland in May in co-production with Element Pictures.
Altitude Film Distribution will partner with Element Pictures Distribution for the film’s release in the UK and Ireland. Film4 will finance production along with the Irish Film Board and the newly announced Western Region Audiovisual Producer’s Fund (WRAP Fund).
Calm With Horses is based on a novella from the acclaimed collection of short stories Young Skins by Irish writer Colin Barrett from Mayo. The collection won the Guardian’s first book award and the Frank O’Connor Short Story Prize.
Writer Joe Murtagh has adapted the screenplay and has collaborated with Rowland since they studied together at the NFTS. Rowland, Murtagh and Emmerson have all featured in Screen International’s Stars of Tomorrow showcase.
A spokesman explained: ““In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Arm has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm is asked to kill for the first time, and his attempt to do the right thing endangers everyone he holds dear”.
“We are casting extras and special extras of all types, for filming in Galway and Clare in May and June. This is paid work.
Anyone interested in applying as an extra or special extra can email Mairead at westcoastcastingireland@gmail.com with their location in the subject line,” she added.
Please include: a recent photo, contact details costume sizes, any skills or talents, showreels/ self tapes etc. Only the selected will be contacted. For more specific casting info visit West Coast Casting’s Facebook page.