Character Breakdowns for Casting Calls

‘Dhag Dheer’

Dhag Dheer is an evil, mythic witch who loves to eat children.

Dhag Dheer has lived in the imagination of generations of East African families. Traditionally passed down by word of mouth, this is the first Somali story to be translated for the screen.

Dhag Dheer was written by and is being produced, shot, edited & marketed by the students at the City Academy, Bristol (in association with Integrate Bristol).

We have a professional crew facilitating all areas of the production and a professional screenwriter facilitated the writing of the screenplay.

Although this is a funded project we have no money available to pay actors (I am sorry) but the film will be released and shown at many film festivals because of its originality and the positive effects the film making process has had on the lives of the students involved.



Dhag Dheer
An evil witch who loves to eat children. Masquerading as a kind helpful old lady, Dhag Dheer quickly lets her true colours shine when she chases after a loving mother and her child. She is old and ugly; the character would usually be a woman but we feel that a man may bring an extra layer to the story.


Mustapha
A successful businessman who has a loving wife but falls in lust with another woman. After he takes her as a second wife, his first runs away with his only child. Realising that the second wife is only interested in his money he must find his first wife and child to regain his inner peace.

Qutabai
After being relegated to second wife when her husband takes on another woman, Qutabai decides to run away with her son. After only one night away from home they find themselves in the evil clutches of the wicked child-eating Dhag Dheer

Khalif
A young boy who runs away from an unhappy home with his mother only to find themselves in the evil clutches of the wicked Dhag Dheer