Cold Call

| #15 I Call Into the Silence
(BALi, KulturBahnhof Kassel)

An artist with writer's block is sitting in an artist's residence in northern Germany. Outside, construction workers renovate a vacation home; inside, nothing happens – until the landline phone rings. A supposed Microsoft employee wants access to her computer. Instead, she starts to talk – about heartbreak, emptiness, and the failure to work. Without realizing it, she becomes a scam baiter. The film tells of an unexpectedly genuine, almost tender conversation between two strangers – and of how easily one becomes part of the structures one thinks one is questioning.

  • Duration: 15 Min.
  • Countries: Germany
  • Languages: English
  • Subtitles: No subtitles
  • Production year: 2025

  • Director: Stefanie Schroeder
  • Camera: Stefanie Schroeder
  • Editing: Stefanie Schroeder
  • Sound: Stefanie Schroeder
  • Production: Stefanie Schroeder