Year 2003     Format DV     Genre Comedy   Duration 18 minutes     Black & White
Shelf Life is a mocumentary about a film crew who follow a week in the life of struggling actor Alex Grant. With no new
work on the horizon, Alex is delighted to be called for a meeting with his agent Madeline James who has news of an
audition. Paul Reeves, a playwright who is riding high on the success of ‘The Power Hose’ at the NFT, has a new play in pre-production called ‘Three Sides to Passion’ and Alex is asked to audition.

Alex grasps this opportunity and is determined to be more focused at the casting and a little less ‘method!’
But will flatmate Ash get all the acting work?
Will girlfriend Susie manage to pin Alex down to tell him some life changing news?

And will Alex ever get a grip on reality?

 
 
Who is who?
Behind the Scenes of the film.
Screenshots from the shoot.
The teaser poster for the film.
Download the movie, trailer and featurette.