SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA 2019 CINEMATIC ATTITUDE

A small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.

YOUR CALL IS IMPORTANT TO US is a short comedy that confirms our fears about what really goes on at call-centers when we’re asked, “Please hold?” We peek behind the scenes of one particularly specialised call-centre on that fateful day when big-shot CEO, Simon, makes the most important call of his life.

Andreas crawls out of his car, flipped during a violent accident. His boyfriend Manuel is trapped under a metallic plate. On the second car, there’s a pregnant woman about to deliver. He has to make a decision... Manuel is bleeding profusely... That woman can’t give birth without his help.

Expelled from the machine-week for incompetence, Sunday meets a mysterious alter ego that takes him on a contemplative stroll. At the end of a dreamlike inner journey, Sunday returns to the machine to reinvent it.

Marga is trapped in a routine life working in a slaughterhouse. Then, one day, she has the opportunity to be someone else, but to achieve this she will need to find help, and that will not be so easy.