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The Call

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This challenges of chasing film career goals. Finding motivation can be difficult when money and logistics seem to block your path.

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  • Competitioncloses in 2 days · 13 November 2026

    Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize (Glasgow Short Film Festival)

    Glasgow, Scotland · not stated on this page; apply through the Glasgow Film website

    checked 28 Oct 2026 · source
  • Festivalcloses in 13 days · 24 November 2026

    Manchester Film Festival

    Manchester · Shorts US$70 until 27 October then US$75 (North West shorts US$65 then US$70); features US$97.50 then US$99.50 · premiere required

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
  • Festivalcloses in 16 days · 27 November 2026

    Open City Documentary Festival

    London · Entry fee via FilmFreeway; selected works under 40 minutes get a £70 screening fee

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
  • CompetitionFree to entercloses in 34 days · 15 December 2026

    Sony Future Filmmaker Awards

    International; shortlist flown to Sony Pictures Studios, California · Free to enter · up to 20 min

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source

Filtered by the film's length and ordered by deadline; every row carries the date we checked it and where. The film is public here, so the ones that want a premiere are marked. The festival plan says how to run the year.

The scorecard

A woman takes a call that shifts her mood from guarded to lit up, but the stakes stay thin on the page.

2.3of 5
  • Storygetting there

    Synopsis names a theme (money, logistics blocking career goals) but no want, turn, or ending is described; one line of dialogue suggests a phone call changes things, not enough to read a full arc.

  • Pictureworks

    Clean close-up framing with warm skin tones against cool blue window light in the background gives some visual contrast and mood across the frames.

  • Wordsnot read

    Not read: no transcript, so the words were not seen, beyond one caption line ('I come bearing good news') that cannot carry a judgement on dialogue.

  • Worldgetting there

    Frames show a bedroom/wardrobe setting with ordinary props (socks, fabric), plausible but too sparse in what's shown to say the world is built out.

  • Voicenot read

    Not read: synopsis is generic and frames show a single reaction shot, nothing distinct enough to point at as a specific authorial choice.

I read the synopsis and four published frames; there was no caption transcript, so dialogue, pacing and ending could not be assessed. Read 11 November 2026. How the scorecard works