The Texas Film Commission is casting multiple roles for Under the Horizon, a narrative feature filming in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. This is a self-tape audition call covering lead, supporting, and day player roles across a survival thriller set during a single catastrophic night. The project suits film actors based in or willing to work in South Texas, particularly those with experience in dramatic feature film production.
About the Role
Under the Horizon is a character-driven thriller being cast through the Texas Film Commission, with principal photography scheduled for December 2026 through January 2027, excluding holiday weeks. The story follows a high school teacher and his news reporter wife as an ordinary evening collapses into a fight for survival, with an ensemble of family members, crisis responders, and civilians caught in the fallout. Roles range from series-style leads carrying the emotional throughline to day players embedded in specific crisis sequences.
Key Responsibilities
Submit a self-tape audition slating your name, age, location, and the specific role you are auditioning for, in accordance with the casting team's stated requirements.
Prepare sides or a prepared scene that demonstrates the emotional register of your role, whether grounded domestic tension for Doug and Kim or reactive survival instinct for supporting characters.
Deliver performance work consistent with the tone of a contained thriller, where naturalistic acting and physical restraint carry more weight than heightened choices.
Attend any callback sessions or producer sessions requested by the Texas Film Commission casting team ahead of the December production start.
Be available for the full shooting window in the Rio Grande Valley, with scheduling flexibility given the holiday blackout period built into the production calendar.
Provide a current resume alongside your self-tape submission to support the casting team's review process.
What You Bring
On-camera experience in narrative feature film production, episodic television, or short film work with verifiable credits.
Ability to self-direct a clean, well-lit self-tape that reads professionally without a casting studio setup.
Physical and ethnic range that matches the described character breakdowns, which span White, Hispanic and Latino, and open ethnicity categories across the cast.
Availability in the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas for the December 2026 to January 2027 production schedule.
Actors aged 14 to 18 auditioning for the student role must meet applicable Texas minor performer work permit requirements.
Why This Role
Under the Horizon is a paid production, with rates determined by role, and meals are provided on all shoot days. The project is posted and supported by the Texas Film Commission, which maintains safety standards and workplace harassment prevention policies across all productions it backs, regardless of budget. For Texas-based film actors, this represents a regional feature film production with an ensemble cast structure that gives multiple performers substantive screen time.
Submit your self-tape for Under the Horizon through the FilmLocal apply button before the October 18, 2026 submission deadline.
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