Canadian Premiere
A phone sex operator gets into it with a caller who makes a disturbing confession.
Nicole Elliot, Brian Villalobos, Rebekah McLamb, Christine Cochrane
USA
2025
English
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Credits & Director
Executive Producer
Brody Carmichael, Amado De Hoyos, Sean Muldrow, Ken Muldrow, Karen Muldrow, Cody Sims
Producer
Julia Hebner, Madison King, Michael Zumaya
Screenwriter
Julia Hebner
Cinematography
Emily Basma
Editor
Julia Hebner
Original Music
Googiemonkey
Art Director
Lara Cattlin
Julia Hebner
Julia Hebner has been a filmmaker for over 10 years. Originally from New York, she graduated New York Film Academy’s conservatory program in 2012, and has taught film in New York, Mumbai, Beijing, and Paris. She has worked in the camera department on many film, commercial, and documentary sets, and spent time as a camera and lens technician. Her short film, Bad Lobster (2018), won Best Comedy Short at the LA Underground Film Forum, Best Actor at the Denver Underground Film Festival, and took second place at Short Shorts in Brooklyn.
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