Casting Call: The Whirling Dervish
13/11/07 18:12 December 2007
Logline:
An eighteen year-old, (Zahir) has just arrived in New York City from Dearborn, Michigan, where he grew up isolated in a Muslim community. He intends to spend a few weeks furthering a complex course of studies in Islam finding The Ascending Way with a strict spiritual elder (The Naqshbandi Sheikh). Zahirs faith and discipline are severely tested when he encounters and becomes infatuated with his enticingly beautiful new neighbor (Anna). The film ends when the two worlds collide in a final explosive ending!
An eighteen year-old, (Zahir) has just arrived in New York City from Dearborn, Michigan, where he grew up isolated in a Muslim community. He intends to spend a few weeks furthering a complex course of studies in Islam finding The Ascending Way with a strict spiritual elder (The Naqshbandi Sheikh). Zahirs faith and discipline are severely tested when he encounters and becomes infatuated with his enticingly beautiful new neighbor (Anna). The film ends when the two worlds collide in a final explosive ending!
The Whirling Dervish
Production Company
:Cracked In The Head
Short Film
Short Film Agreement
HDV
Filming Date(s):
December 6-9
Filming Location(s):
New York City
Submission Deadline:
December 1, 2007
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Send Submission to:
CRACKED IN THE HEAD FILMS
268 EAST BROADWAY, A504
NEW YORK, NY 10002
whirlingdervishfilm@gmail.com
Logline:
An eighteen year-old, (Zahir) has just arrived in New York City from Dearborn, Michigan, where he grew up isolated in a Muslim community. He intends to spend a few weeks furthering a complex course of studies in Islam finding The Ascending Way with a strict spiritual elder (The Naqshbandi Sheikh). Zahirs faith and discipline are severely tested when he encounters and becomes infatuated with his enticingly beautiful new neighbor (Anna). The film ends when the two worlds collide in a final explosive ending!
Character
THE NAQSHBANDI SHEIKH
Male
Description:
A Middle-Eastern Sheikh (or South Asian or Egyptian) with a thick accent. Has a tremendous passion for Islam. Strong personality and not afraid to say what he thinks. Below the hard exterior he is an enlightened holy man. 50-70. LEAD.
Role Requires Nudity?
No.
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