Sally Potter searches for budding stars for new film

Independent filmmaker Sally Potter – director of the spellbinding Orlando – is looking for two teenage girls to play the lead roles in her new feature film.

Potter and her film production company Adventure Pictures are searching for two aspiring actresses, with a playing age of 15 – 16, for her 1960's period film.

In a career spanning over 40 years, London-born Potter has ploughed her own indie furrow yet still managed to work with a mini galaxy of stars including Johnny Depp, Tilda Swinton, Judi Dench and Jude Law on her previous films, including the Oscar-nominated Orlando.

Adventure is inviting those interested to post a short video of themselves performing part of a scene from the film, and the best ones will be invited to an audition in London.

For more details visit the Facebook casting page or go to Sally Potter's Casting Call site.

A film critic for over 25 years, Jason admits the job can occasionally be glamorous – sitting on a film festival jury in Portugal; hanging out with Baz Luhrmann at the Chateau Marmont; chatting with Sigourney Weaver about The Archers – but he mostly spends his time in darkened rooms watching films. He’s also written theatre and opera reviews, two guide books on Rome, and competed in a race for Yachting World, whose great wheeze it was to send a seasick film critic to write about his time on the ocean waves. But Jason is happiest on dry land with a classic screwball comedy or Hitchcock thriller.