“How do you reconnect with a father who's been gone for most of your life - what do you say, what do you write?”
Missed Call explores the many ways in which our lives are lived and archived via the phones we hold so close. Shot on an iPhone X, Missed Call explores Victoria’s relationship with her teenage son Jim , as they discuss how they’ll reconnect with his father, who’s been absent for a decade. How do you reconnect with a father who’s been gone for so long…what do you say, what do you text? Missed Call begins with the last message he sent in 2006 and ends with the first call to him over a decade later. The film explores Missed Call was commissioned for the Real Stories’ YouTube channel and SVOD app. Since it launched, it has received over a million views across YouTube, Facebook Watch and other video platforms. Prizes BAFTA - Won Best Short Form Film award - 2019 - Missed Call was the first commissioned short film to be shot on the iPhone X to win a BAFTA Broadcast Awards - Won Best Short documentary - 2019
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Victoria Mapplebeck Director · Lisa Forrest Editor
First release May 1, 2018 · Produced in United Kingdom
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English
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United Kingdom · May 1, 2018
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