A short dramedy that explores the absurd hell of being the middle-woman between two countries, cultures, social class and lingual politics.
Social & External
The people behind it
Mayen Estanero
Angel
Bryan Yap
Carlos
A grandfather is reluctant to use the new dial telephones coming to his town. Gives background of the change to dial service, and also illustrates proper dial usage.
Tom is anxious, he holds a secret in his human heart, a wing beat and a flutter and its bursting to take flight.
After his entire department is outsourced, an American novelty products salesman heads to India to train his replacement.
Farhana, a devout Muslim woman and mother in a middle class family, with her family's consent, takes a call center job . Although the job gives Farhana freedom, it also leads her into a web of danger, when an individual who captivates her with his approach.
Charlie receives strange phone calls, maybe from the beyond? What's on the other end of the phone? It doesn't matter, as long as we imagine Sisyphus happy.
A frustrated, unemployed teacher joins forces with a scammer and his girlfriend in a blackmailing scheme.
An employee at an Indian call-center travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone.
Set in Genoa, the film concerns the financial struggles and emotional strain that occur after Michele loses his job. He and his wife Elsa are forced to give up their affluent lifestyle and cope with the tensions of moving into a smaller home, finding new work, and making sacrifices.
Call center plays the center in this multi-level love stories. Call center staff - Tom and Lane - are best friends, but they are lovers in denial. Tom's bestfriend, Jepoi, is a call center instructor who is in love with a 40-year-old professor, Cyrill. Their May-December love affair is hampered by the dictates of a prejudiced society. Wannabe rockstar, the boyish chic Tonee, is clueless about the growing affection of Ryan, a fellow call center trainee. The group fashionista, Bry, is an aspiring model who unexpectedly found love with a cab driver, Axel.
Five friends go out for the best night of their lives and their last together. To hunt for love, cheap drinks and salvation.
25-year-old philosophy major Marta faces the ugly truth for many young Italians — a complete lack of career opportunities. While babysitting for single mother Sonia, she starts to work as a telemarketer, experiencing first-hand the fanatical and exploitative rat-race culture pushed on employees while quickly rising through the ranks of the company. Around her revolve people like delusional supervisor Daniela, her womanizing boss Claudio, fragile coworker Lucio "2", and well-meaning but inconsistent union rep Giorgio.
The romantic comedy follows Soluchi, a hopeless romantic still healing from being jilted by her former lover, Kalu. When a regular work call puts her in touch with the charming Eli, Soluchi begins to see the possibility of the love story she has always wanted.
Would-be groom Don jilts his fiancée, China, at the altar after realizing that he's gay. To mend her broken heart, China washes her hands of men and sets off on a holiday to picturesque Boracay, where she soon meets handsome diving teacher Felix.
Soo-yeon, a call center counselor, runs into Mi-kyung, her bad customer, and begins revenge!
A suspense thriller directed by Juan Miguel Sevilla.
A young, unhappily married moslim woman works at a call centre, conducting telephone surveys. In this impersonal way, she gets in touch with a single man with a sagging couch and a lack of energy. Due to a barking dog, the telephone contact between this unlikely twosome is intensified and eventually even results in a meeting.
A female detective investigates the cause of a high school girl’s death and uncovers a disturbing truth.
An anthology film about a faceless man, a guilt filled confessor and two paranoid friends
An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.
Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle man to professionally communicate more of the bad news.
Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends him a border collie that's undisciplined because of abuse. Despite a series of mishaps, Jon decides to keep trying with the dog, and he rents a dilapidated farm house to give the dog room to run. A local handyman refers Jon to a woman who might be able to help him train the dog. Reluctantly, Jon gives her a try. Is the dog the problem, or the owner?
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status. Only friendship will see them through this dangerous adventure alive!
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
In rural Northern Ireland, following the untimely death of their mother, a young man with Down syndrome and his estranged brother discover her unfulfilled bucket list.
A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house, being conducted largely in German and involving her HUAC prosecutor. She begins to investigate, enlisting the help of the FBI Agent initially detailed to surveil her.
Years after their successful restaurant review tour of Northern England, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are commissioned for a new tour in Italy.
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.
A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.
