THE PHONE CALL (2014)

The Phone Call by won the Oscar for best live action short film in 2015. Written and directed by Suffolk born and bred Matt Kirkby the film centres around a shy woman (Heather) who works in a crisis helpline call centre and a phone call that changes her life forever. Delicately touching and heartbreaking and with a very basic premise it keeps the audience dangling from the beginning to the end. It is a great example of the style fitting the substance and less sometimes being more.