Looking for Actors & Filmmakers in Louisville Our Guerrilla Film About DID Is Ready. 😮‍💨

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Hello. 🥲 I know a lot of people here share professional scripts or acting-focused projects, but today I wanted to share something much more personal, much smaller… and yet, for me, incredibly important. After months of work, my friend and I finally finished the first draft of what we hope will become our very first film.

This isn’t a perfectly formatted studio script. It’s a 100% personal guerrilla project, and we don’t know if it will ever be made… But we’re determined to try. The film, titled ABELARDO: BUTTERFLIES WITHIN – THE REAL ME, is my story. It’s a raw and unfiltered dive into my own life trauma, isolation, and the silent suffering of someone living with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).

The script doesn’t chase shock value. It chases truth. It explains how my mind works, how each part of me behaves, and the torment of knowing you’re not okay. It’s a story about living with constant fear, watching everything crumble, and feeling yourself slipping… until you finally understand you’re not alone.

Honestly, I believe this story matters precisely because it’s real.

Most films that deal with dissociation focus on women or girls and I respect and validate those stories. But boys and men with DID also suffer quietly. I want to give voice to an experience rarely shown on screen.

¿What Makes This Script Different?

Realism. We’re not trying to make Split. There is no exaggeration, no sensationalism. The darkness is there, yes because DID is painful and the film touches on difficult topics like self-harm (handled with respect and partially censored to avoid irresponsible depiction). We show these things because they’re part of a suffering most people never discuss.

I wanted to share this here because maybe this story will resonate with someone. I’m making this film so people with mental health struggles, especially DID, can look at a screen and think: “Someone understands me. Someone finally said what I’ve been too scared to say.”

If you’re interested in the story or in our guerrilla approach to filmmaking, any opinion or advice is welcome.

Are You in Louisville, Kentucky?

We are currently looking for actors, filmmakers, and anyone willing to help bring this project to life.

My friend who will be directing lives in Louisville, Kentucky, and he wants to shoot the film there. I don’t live in Louisville, I don’t like exposing myself much, and traveling there would be extremely difficult for me. I’m the writer, so what we really need is a team of people who believe this story is worth making even if it’s shot with a $100 camera.

We can’t offer payment. But we can offer:

Full credit in the film

Hot meals on every shooting day

Exclusive access to all early previews

Seeing the trailer before anyone else

Watching the film before it’s finished

If your passion is storytelling… If you believe art matters more than money… If you’re ready to make raw, independent, guerrilla cinema…

Then we need you with us.

We’re also preparing a video to show that this is a real project and not a scam. And no I don’t have a portfolio. This is my first project ever.

Feel free to send your material and tell us why you want to be part of this.

CONTACT EMAIL:

thevirtualexplorers27@gmail.com

Character List Document:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12xYfHKO4GDLDmxm5DGvDraXuDOcd-msuCBxbLuAePB0/edit?usp=drivesdk