THE WIND PHONE

Inspired by true events, THE WIND PHONE intimately follows the emotional journeys of seven strangers. Each is drawn to the same remote and eerie phone booth on a Japanese cliffside, although their conversations couldn’t seem more different. Whereas one caller seeks forgiveness for a fatal transgression and another grapples with a twisted betrayal, others’ motivations are not clear at first. It is not until one of the callers extends a consoling hand to another, that we begin to understand that they are all connected by one harrowing reality.

Writer & Director: Kristen Gerweck | Producer: Linda C. Riedmann | Cast: Megumi Kabe, Hitoshi Masaki, Yukina Takase, Miho Ando, Hiroshi Watanabe | Director of Photography: Jon Keng | Art Direction: Scott Nystrom | Costume Design: Toni Caserta | Sound: Destiny Farrant | Editor: Minh Hieu Bui | Sound Design: This Is Sound Design | Previously Screened At: Athens Short Film Festival (Best Experimental Film), Film Invasion Los Angeles (Outstanding Cinematography)

In the Friday Evening Shorts program.