The phone call

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Movie
Original title The phone call
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 2013
length 20 minutes
Rod
Director Mat Kirkby
script Mat Kirkby
James Lucas
production Michelle Kirkman
music Andrew Ross
Andrew Wallace
camera Ole Bratt Birkeland
cut Lizzy Graham
occupation

The Phone Call is a 2013 British short film directed by Mat Kirkby . The film won the Academy Award for Best Short Film at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015 .

The film is about Heather (Sally Hawkins), a telephone counselor who tries to stop a troubled caller, Stanley (Jim Broadbent), from committing suicide after his wife dies.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Oscars 2015: All winners at a glance . In: Spiegel Online . Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "How two British short film-makers turned rejection into an Oscars nod" . The Guardian , February 19, 2015.