Finding Dad

Production Country: UK
Running Time: 30mins
Year: 2021

Anita’s alcoholic mum dies, leaving her with a parting gift she’s always wanted; the name of her real father scribbled on a piece of paper. She sets out to find him immediately, bringing along her hilarious (albeit risk-averse) BFF for the ride.

FILM CREW:
Director: Alana Hutton-Shaw
Producer: Bona Orakwue
Writer: Alana Hutton-Shaw
DOP: Jordan Clarke
Editor: Stephen Dunne
Sound Design: Will Morton
Production Design: Paix Robinson
Costume Design: Paix Robinson
Hair & Makeup: Darren Evens
Casting: Darren Evens

Cast: Daisy Fairclough, Genesis Lynea, Charles Daish, Robert Purdy, Suzannah Chard, Scarlett Archer, Lally Percy, Joan Hodges


FESTIVALS:
UPTILT Film Festival March 2023
Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival (GCUFF) September 2022
DC Shorts International Film Festival September 2022
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival August 2022
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival August 2022
Indy Shorts Film Festival July 2022
Seattle Black Film Festival April 2022
The Pan African Film Festival April 2022
Beeston Film Festival April 2022
Poppy Jasper International Film Festival April 2022
Toronto Black Film Festival February 2022
British Shorts January 2022
Leeds International Film Festival November 2021