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Calling Home (2008)

Duration: 12:11    Category: International, Scotland, Short, Society   

For most Londoners home is both in the city and somewhere else… at the other end of a phone line.

This short documentary, entirely shot inside phone booths in cheap international call centres, is a gripping, emotional portrait of long distance relationships between immigrants and their families in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and South America.

Screening Formats: Digi Beta, Beta SP, DV-Cam

Screenings:
OFFICIAL SCREENING – Ismailia Film Festival 2009
OFFICIAL SCREENING – HotDocs 2009
OFFICIAL SCREENING – SXSW 2009
OFFICIAL SCREENING – Sheffield Doc/Fest 2008
OFFICIAL SCREENING – Dokufest 2008
OFFICIAL SCREENING – Make Dox Macedonia 2010
OFFICIAL SCREENING – Parvin Etesami Women Film Festival 2009
OFFICIAL SCREENING – Schnitt IFF 2009
OFFICIAL SCREENING – Dokubazaar 2009
OFFICIAL SCREENING – DOCSDF 2009
OFFICIAL SCREENING – Ismailia FF 2009
OFFICIAL SCREENING – Riverrun 2009
OFFICIAL SCREENING – Hotdocs 2009
OFFICIAL SCREENING – SXSW 2009
OFFICIAL SCREENING – London Short Film Festival 2009
OFFICIAL SCREENING – Sheffield Docfest 2008
OFFICIAL SCREENING – Dokufest Kosovo 2008
SCREENED – MMX Open Art Venue 2010
SCREENED – Edinburgh International Film Festival 2008 (Industry Screening)

To arrange a screening contact: info@scotdoc.com

Directors/ Producers: Marcelo Starobinas & Maria Eduarda Andrade
Executive Producer: Sonja Henrici / Noe Mendelle
DOP: Maria Andrade
Editor: Patricia Gomes
Music: Julia Kny
Sound Design: Julia Kny

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