Final Curtain

Director: Dan Gifford
Short: Narrative
Drama | Ireland | 25 min
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Everything in aspiring actor Finn O’Connor’s life seems to be going nowhere. A grotty flat on the wrong side of town carpeted with brown envelopes and final demands coupled with a constant stream of failed auditions and romantic rejections have stifled his belief that his big acting break is just around the corner.

Convinced that this could be his big break, while waiting tables at his part-time job, Finn attempts to persuade an obnoxious filmmaker/director (who happens to be sitting at one of the tables he serves), to let him audition for his latest project, nevertheless, things don’t go according to Finn’s plan.

Director’s bio:

Dan Gifford is a TV Commercial director and this is his first film. Born and raised in Norfolk, At eighteen he made his first move to Brazil where he learnt Portuguese. A year later he returned to study languages and literature in Oxford, graduating with a Masters Degree in German and Italian and currently resides in Los Angeles. Dan was given his first film award by Danny Boyle at the Stella Artois Film awards in 2000. Since then he has managed to amass a very respectable collection of trophies and accolades from the likes of the Cannes Lions, World Gold Promax Awards, The London International Gold Award for best global campaign, Golds at the One Show USA, Grand Prix for the Best Film at the Eurobest Awards and Silver Sharks at Kinsale