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Collect Call

2026 · 13 min

A scruffy, hungover hangout that tips into cosmic dread, played for deadpan laughs and scrappy chaos.

Directed by
Inez Playford
Genres
Science fiction, Comedy
Starring
Ana Maria Belo, Ally Morgan, Ethan Gibson
Tagline
After losing contact with an interstellar probe, a group of eccentric and hungover scientists inadvertently make contact with a Lovecraftian cosmic being.
Overview
After losing contact with an interstellar probe, a group of eccentric and hungover scientists inadvertently make contact with a Lovecraftian cosmic being. They bluff for money, status, vengeance and most alarmingly - world domination.

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Directed by
Inez Playford
Genres
Science fiction, Comedy
Starring
Ana Maria Belo, Ally Morgan, Ethan Gibson
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • ambition
  • corruption
  • technology
  • madness
Places
  • workplace
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour8
Realism4
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
science fiction, comedy
Directed by
Inez Playford
Written by
Daniel Forbes
Starring
Ana Maria Belo, Ally Morgan, Ethan Gibson, Jack Angwin
Cinematography
Ali Rezvani
Runtime
13 min
Country
Australia
Languages
English

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