CAST
Sara Caspian (Jasmine)
"Boiling" is one of Sara's first leading roles as an actor. She's done work in different short films, ads, and corporate videos. Sara also studies at the Toronto Film School, balancing it with her efforts as an actor.
Mazi Khalighi (Adam)
is an Iranian/Canadian filmmaker, sometimes actor and alumni of Telefilm Canada’s Producer Trainee Program and Reel World’s Emerging 20 Program. Since graduating with honours from Humber College’s Film and Television program in 2006 his projects have travelled all over the globe, earning dozens of nominations and awards along the way. His work has sold for broadcast, been picked up for distribution and pre-sold on Indiegogo for over 30K USD. His most recent projects, the web series’ “Clusterf*ck”, which he was the creator, writer and director of and “Wholesome Foods I Love You Is That Ok”, which he was the director of, have gone on to dominate the web series festival circuit and garner a long list of nominations and awards in both craft and performance categories.
Aside from pursuing his own creative endeavours, Mazi is constantly scouting out other professional avenues that fulfill his passion to associate himself with high quality projects. He has previously been employed in the development division at Capri Films/Releasing where he contributed to the release of such films as Sarah Polley’s Away From Her and Terry Gilliam’s Tideland. He also worked as Director’s Assistant to acclaimed filmmaker Sarah Polley on her second feature film, Take This Waltz.
Ann Green (Layla)
Ann brings with her a wealth of experience on screen and stage. Ann has
appeared on Schitt’s Creek, Little Mosque on the Prairie and film credits include Reign,
Blood Pressure, Dinner for Two, Evermore, Marketplace, You’re Fired, Thursday Market,
Airwaves, Unbelievable News and Hawaii Five-O to name a few. Ann has worked on
radio voice-overs, commercials and industrial films i.e. ATTO Insurance, Verizon
Wireless, Ministry of Health, United Way, and Kraft. Ann’s theatre credits include
Postmortem, The Odd Couple, Beau Jest, Murder on the Rerun, Frankenstein, Shrunken
Heads, Gingerbread Lady, A Gown for His Mistress, and Desperate Hours. Ann extends
her thanks to her wonderful family and friends for all their support and to the amazing
cast and crew!!!
Angela Thomson (Selma)
Her attendance in Toronto Film School has given her not only accountability to high standards in the workplace of television and theatre but the confidence and tools needed to embody strong character choice. As a Toronto native born by Greek immigrated parents she attended private Greek lessons to learn the language and history of her roots. From the age of eight she studied different arts and disciplines in dance like Ballet, Tap, Jazz and Spanish with Jennifer Mortons School of Dance. In High School she continued with Performance Art's by assisting in directing the school fashion show. She also developed great skills in music throughout the years and enjoyed playing her trumpet where she performed in the streets and arenas of Switzerland and Italy with her High School Band.
As an adult because of watching an inspiring film by Meryl Streep, Angela developed a love for learning to play new instruments and picked up the violin for the first time. Presently a mother of three children, she looks forward to continuing to be a fantastic role model with great continued success in the industry of Film and Theatre. Her pursuit to build her own career exists in a mix for voice over acting as well as developing collaborative comedy skits with fellow actors. She also is working towards starting her own drama school for youth in York Region where she currently resides.
Sylvan Valladares (Omar)
People, their stories and the telling of those stories, contribute to Sylvan Valladares' passion. He has been mining the narrative to feed this passion through his school years, maturing in community theatre and now bringing it to the screen. This drive provides Sylvan the insight and energy to infuse each character he has played, whether it is a sensitive parson, a recalcitrant judge, a domestic abuser or a lovable uncle, with a plausible authenticity. Sylvan hopes to be given the opportunity to continue to play everyday characters across diverse ethnic groups.
Mitchell Anthony (Zane)
Mitchell Anthony is a Toronto-based actor looking to leave his mark on the film industry. Having grown up in a middle eastern family, being on the set of Boiling felt like a nostalgic trip home. A year into his career, he has starred in 9 different projects ranging from local theatre productions to student and indie short films. His role models include Jake Gyllenhaal, Bradley Cooper and Jared Leto. Mitchell aspires to book his first feature soon.
Kim Ramón (Candice)
Kim Ramón’s home in the performing world began on the stage, which then inspired her to get her BMus honors specialization voice performance with distinction from Western University. Her love of the performing arts lead her to pursue a career in voice over work a year ago. She aspires to work in the animation industry, already having credits with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada, and Piranha Games’ videogame “Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries”. As for stage, she looks forward to debuting a new piece in both Toronto and Winnipeg's Fringe Festival later this year. Finally, her career branched-out to film, and is absolutely honored to have worked with the wonderfully talented and professional students at Humber. Miss Ramón so enjoyed working on “Boiling” in her 'Mr. Bean' role.