The Next Stop is a character-driven short film exploring grief through a surreal and emotional lens.
Set entirely within a single subway carriage, the story unfolds as an allegory for the stages of mourning, where each passenger represents a different emotional passage: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.

The dialogue moves between the mundane and the metaphysical spheres, it's grounded in real human connection.
This project aspires to discuss about grief and what remains after accepting the loss of someone we love, through the help of memories.

The Next Stop is a personal way to say goodbye to those we have lost.


The shooting days have not been locked yet but we are aiming to shoot on the 3rd week of November with potentially one or two extra shooting days in the last week of November.

What do we offer?
Since this is a student production we will not be able to offer financial compensation, but we will cover transportation costs, and food and drinks will be offered everyday on set. A plus is getting to work with a great crew and good vibes :)

Type
studentenproductie

Location
Amsterdam

Description
We are looking to fill the following roles:

-ENID (LEAD - MID 20s)
A quiet, intelligent but emotionally detached woman, she observes the world rather than participates in it. Through her encounters on the subway, she mirrors each stage of grief, learning to let go of denial, anger, bargaining, and guilt until she finally accepts her own death.

-IRENE (30s- 40s)
Warm and kind. She embodies the fear of being forgotten. Her memory of her daughter and a single day of strawberry picking becomes a shelter for her remembrance.

-THOMAS (30s-40s)
A weary man numbed by drink and remorse. Once passionate, now hollowed out by guilt over a love he was too afraid to claim. Represents anger and self-punishment.

-YOUNG THOMAS (18-23)
The more scared version of Thomas. He presents himself during the Thomas' flashback, narrating the half-secret love story between him and Elias.

- ELIAS (18-23)
A lover of trains, books, and long silences, he represents what could have been. He is Thomas' youth lover. His connection with Thomas is both tender and tragic, a love that existed only in half-light. Elias embodies freedom without rebellion: a person at peace with himself, who only wanted that same peace for the one he loved.

-EFFIE (18-23, late teens)
A luminous but restless spirit. She represents bargaining, caught between wanting to change the past and learning that memory can be a way of keeping love alive.

-MATILDA (18-23, late teens)
Matilda is the living echo of joy and loss intertwined. Extremely linked to Effie's story, she is the one who got away and the object of Effie's restless spirit.

- DAMIAN (40s-50s)
Gentle, he carries years of quiet grief. His story of watching his wife fade away embodies depression, the exhaustion of loving through loss.

-CLARA (30s-40s)
Clara is both fragile and radiant, caught in the soft haze of early-onset Alzheimer’s. To her, time is fluid as she slips between childhood and adulthood. She embodies innocence rediscovered through loss, a person who forgets sorrow because she can no longer name it.

Language requirements
English

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