CASTING DOCUMENTARY FILM SOULMATES
We are casting a feature documentary film from an Academy Award-winning team: SOULMATES, directed by Fariha Zaman and produced by Jeff Reichert and Rise Films.
Title: Soulmates
Project: Feature Documentary Film
Director/Writer: Fariha Zaman
Producers: Jeff Reichert & Florrie Priest
Production Company: Rise Films
Casting Director: Abby Harri, Salome Oggenfuss, Geraldine Baron
Shoot Dates: TBD
Location: USA - casting nationwide
DESCRIPTION
SOULMATES shares the lived experiences of people who are in romantic and sexual relationships with spirits, allowing a more complex understanding of contemporary dating and how all experience love, companionship, and intimacy.
- Have you ever had an unexpected intimate experience involving a spirit?
- Were you doubtful of the existence of ghosts and spirits but had a personal experience that convinced you otherwise?
- Do you have (or have you ever had) an ongoing relationship with a spirit and are open to talking about it?
- Do you know anyone who is dating a spirit?
We would be so happy to hear from you.
The film will treat these stories with the respect and understanding they deserve. The people at the heart of SOULMATES are finding love, learning the labor required to make a relationship work and, in a few cases, experiencing heartbreak. We want to honor what is special about each of these relationships while also showing how universal the desire to feel loved and fulfilled really are, regardless of how someone gets there. Those with no experience of spiritual encounters may be surprised to see their own lives reflected and even illuminated in the film.
FILMMAKING TEAM
Farihah Zaman (director) is a queer, Bangladeshi-American filmmaker, critic, and curator. She recently produced the Sundance-award winning Netflix Original GHOSTS OF SUGAR LAND, which was shortlisted for the 2020 Academy Award. Zaman has supported fellow filmmakers like Garrett Bradley, Marshall Curry, Steve Maing, and Ramell Ross as the Production Manager for the Laura Poitras founded Field of Vision, with equity driven collectives like Beyond Inclusion and Brown Girls Doc Mafia, and various teaching and mentoring roles at Bard College, SVA, NYU, Uniondocs, and others.
Jeff Reichert (producer) is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker and critic. His films have screened worldwide and been awarded the Film Independent Spirit Award, Gotham Award and Cinema Eye Honor, and been nominated for the BAFTA, Peabody and Dupont amongst other honors. He is also the co–founder and editor of the online film journal Reverse Shot (est. 2003), now a publication of Museum of the Moving Image. Their works as collaborators include the feature films REMOTE AREA MEDICAL (2013), THIS TIME NEXT YEAR (2014), FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY (2018), and numerous short films. Reichert and Zaman are members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
ONGOING NATIONWIDE CASTING - HOW TO BE CONSIDERED & CONTACT INFO
We are searching nationwide for people of all genders who are in romantic and/or sexual relationships with spirits. If you are curious to learn more or be considered, please email us at: soulmates.documentary@gmail.com
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!