Phone Story

A short movie by Binesva Berivan, 16', 2009

Synopsis

Mémo, a Kurdish immigrant in Brussels, is managing a phone shop in the city. His curiosity and loneliness are pushing him to listen to his customers’ conversations, in particular those of the beautiful Leïla …

Casting

  • Nazmi Kirik
  • Hevi Dilara
  • Nicole Valbertg
  • Koffi Sadio

Awards / Festivals

  • Shortfilm Festival Of Fréjus (France, 2011)
  • Stuttgarter Filmwinter (Germany, 2011)
  • Quintessence 2010 (Benin, 2010)
  • Trieste Film Festival (Italy, 2010)
  • Mons International Love Film Festival (Belgium, 2010)
  • Festival Travelling (France, 2010)
  • Festival of European Films of Lille (France,2010)
  • European Shortfilm Festival of Bordeaux (France, 2010)
  • Mediterranean Film Festival Split (Croatia, 2010)
  • The Short Night at Doms Theater (France, 2010)
  • Kurdische Filmtage Hamburg (Germany, 2010)
  • Huesca International Film Festival (Spain, 2010)
  • Art Film Fest (Slovakia, 2010)
  • Brussels Film Festival (Belgium, 2010) - Best Short Film Award
  • Short Film Festival Of Grenoble (France, 2010)
  • Festival Of Prades (France, 2010)
  • Stony Brook Film Festival (Usa, NYC, 2010)
  • Shorts & Docs Festival (France, 2010)
  • Singapore Short Film Festival (Singapour, 2010)
  • International Independent Film Festival (France, 2010)
  • Mediterranean Short Film Nights (France, 2010)
  • Woman Film Festival (Belgium, 2010)
  • Woman Films Mediterranean Meeting (France, 2010) - Public Price
  • City Court Festival Of Hagondange (France, 2010)
  • Courts Bouillon Episode 5 (France, 2010)
  • Saint Paul Trois Chateaux Film Festival (France, 2010)
  • International Shortfilm Festival Of Yasujiro Ozu (Italy, 2010)
  • Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival (Belgium, 2010)
  • International Shortfilm Festival Of Amiens (France, 2010)
  • Medfilm Festival (Italy, 2010)
  • Festival Court C’est Court (France, 2010)
  • Cine 83 Women Portraits (France, 2009)
  • Liege Intercultural Film Week (Belgium, 2009)
  • Women In Direction (Spain, 2009) - Best Short Film
  • London Kurdish Film Festival (England, 2009)
  • Brussels International Independent Film Festival (Belgium, 2009)
  • Filmets Badalona (Spain, 2009)
  • Villeurbanne Short Film Festival (France, 2009)
  • Mediteranean Film Festival (France, 2009)
  • Brest European Short Film Festival (France, 2009)
  • Osian’s – Cinefan Film Festival (Inde, 2009)
  • Valladolid International Film Festival (Spain, 2009)
  • Shoot Me Festival (Pays-Bas, 2009)
  • Sedicicorto (Italia, 2009) - Best Seductive Film (Valentino Award)
  • St-Paul-Trois-Chateaux Film Festival (France, 2009) - Mention Of the Jury
  • Roma Kurdish Film Festival (Italy, 2009)
  • Festival international du film francophone de Namur (Belgium, 2009) - Opening Gala
  • Festival International du Cinema Francophone en Acadie (Canada, 2009)
  • Grenoble Open Air Short Film Festival (France, 2009) - Creation Support Award
  • Paris - Cinéma (France, 2009)
  • Cabourg Film Festival (France, 2009) - Best Actor (Nazmi Kirik)