Project Detail

The Phone Call

Synopsis

Heather works in a helpline call centre. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man, she has no idea that the encounter will change her life forever.

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Details

Year: 2013
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 20 mins
Format: Alexa
Director: Mat Kirkby
Producer: Mat Kirkby
Executive Producer: Mat Kirkby, James Lucas
Editor: Lizzy Graham
Screenwriter: Mat Kirkby, James Lucas
Director of Photography: Ole Bratt Birkeland
Production Designer: Peter Francis
Composer: Andrew Wallace
Principal cast: Sally Hawkins, Jim Broadbent

Genre

Action Music Drama Dance

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

c/o Mat Kirkby

RSA Films
42-44 Beak Street
London
W1F 9RH

mkirkby@rsafilms.co.uk

Sales Company

Same as Production Company

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