MISSED CALLS


Category
Short Doc, Experimental
Director
Wilma Smith
Year
2023
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
00:08:52
Budget
750 GBP
Key Cast
John Smith, Isobel Smith
Other Festivals
Scottish International Short Film Festival Glasgow, Scotland August 11, 2023 World Premiere Winner of Best Documentary United Kingdom. The Reels International Film Festival February 9, 2024 Winner of Best Documentary India

Experimental short film, funded by VACMA through North Lanarkshire Council in partnership with Creative Scotland. #VACMAScotland, Filmmaker Wilma Smith goes back to her family home and listens to the voice messages left from her Mum and Dad. *Deals with real life death* with little vignettes of stories and characters with gentle humour of her Dad and his obsession with letters through the post and her Mum’s forgetfulness of who she is calling.

ITA:
Cortometraggio sperimentale, finanziato da VACMA attraverso il Consiglio di North Lanarkshire in collaborazione con Creative Scotland. #VACMAScotland. La regista Wilma Smith ritorna alla casa di famiglia e ascolta i messaggi vocali lasciati dalla sua mamma e dal suo papĂ . Affronta la morte nella vita reale, con piccoli racconti e personaggi caratterizzati dall’umorismo delicato del padre e dalla sua ossessione per le lettere inviate per posta, e dalla dimenticanza della madre su chi sta chiamando.