Long Distance Call

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2011 runtime 20'00 colour
screening format 35mm aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby Digital languages Englisch, Deutsch Subtitles Englisch
screening format HDCAM aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby Digital languages Englisch, Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

Henry picks up the phone at night. His wife is on the other side of the world on a beach, drunk and apparently with another man. In the frantic calls that follow, is it his marriage, his wife or his sanity that is threatened most? All Henry can do is hang up the phone.

director Grzegorz Muskala Besetzung / Cast Arno Frisch, Eva Bay, Lenio Einbeck, Milek Knebel, Nikolai Kinski Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Bohren & der Club of Gore Schnitt / Editing Grzegorz Muskala Drehbuch / Script Grzegorz Muskala, Phillip Kaminiak, Hannes Held Bildgestaltung / DOP Phillip Kaminiak Produktion / Production Sol Bondy Tongestaltung / Sound Design Martin Frühmorgen film school Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Festivals
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic
Internationale Hofer Filmtage, Germany
San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain
Ffresh F the Student Moving Image Festival of Wales, Newport, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
EU Shorts, Budapest, Hungary
Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
Achtung Berlin Filmfestival, Germany
Fresh Film Fest Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic (Special Jury Prize)
Kinofest Lünen, Germany (Bester mittellanger Film)
FFTD - Filmfestival Türkei Deutschland, Nürnberg, Germany (2. Preis Kurzfilmwettbewerb)
FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany (Goldener Reiter der Jugendjury)
goEast Festival des mittel- und osteuropäischen Films, Wiesbaden, Germany (Publikumspreis - 2. Platz)
Production
  • One Two Films
  • Sol Bondy
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 178 3971717
  • http://www.onetwofilms.com
Distribution
  • One Two Films
  • Sol Bondy
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 178 3971717
  • http://www.onetwofilms.com
Sales
  • One Two Films
  • Sol Bondy
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 178 3971717
  • http://www.onetwofilms.com
School
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • http://www.dffb.de

Grzegorz Muskala

Born in Poland in 1978;
grew up in Germany;
studied directing in Lodz and at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin

Filmography
2004 The Ranger
2005 Heimfahrt
2007 Mein Vater schläft
2008 Das Mädchen mit den gelben Strümpfen