Casting
Panties
Logline: When a 12-year-old boy is bullied in gym class for his cartoon underwear, he must outsmart his feisty Filipino mother in order to get his hands on grown-up boxers.
Genre: Coming of Age/Comedy
Rex Navarrete
Executive Producer/Actor
Rex Navarrete started his stand up career in 1989 with a performance at University of California Santa Cruz. He has toured extensively throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. These include performances in San Francisco, New York, Montreal, Manila, London, Dubai, Geneva, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney.
In 2003, he released his first DVD entitled Hella Pinoy, in 2005, he released "Badass Madapaka" and in 2010, he released the DVD titled "Komik Organik".
Carolyn Fe
Executive Producer/Actress
Joshua Ortiz
Writer/Director
In 2014, Ortiz’s short film Listen was awarded Most Unique Short Film in Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's HBO TV Show Project Greenlight. In 2015, his film Wake Up was chosen as 1 of the 12 best international short films to screen at the 2016 Festival De Cannes. In 2018, he partnered with Quinton Aaron (Star of The Blindside) to direct and produce his documentary. In 2020, Ortiz married film composer and co-writer, Valeri.
Valeri Ortiz
Composer/Writer
Valeri Ortiz is a composer and pianist from Livonia, MI who now resides in Las Vegas, NV. Her love for music first appeared when she was three and she was promptly enrolled in classical piano lessons. Over the course of the next few years, that love dwindled and faded as it became clear she was no prodigy in the classical world— but she discovered something more enjoyable than performing: arranging and composing.
She has since been awarded by Orlando’s 48 Hour Film Project for her music, and she is currently working toward a Bachelor’s Degree in Composition for Film, TV, and Games from Berklee College of Music.
CASTING
Matthew - (Male, 10-13, Filipino)
An innocent-looking Filipino boy looking to fit in at his new school.
Trevor - (Male, 10-13, Caucasian)
The middle school all-star athlete that looks down on the less athletic kids.
Dean - (Male, 35-45, Caucasian)
The dad who’s the type to rev his classic car’s engine at 7am to show off to the neighborhood.
Sarah - (Female, 35-35, Caucasian)
Dean’s wife— she enjoys her tanning salon membership, hosting margarita night, and encouraging Dean’s inappropriate behavior.