The Phone Booth

The Phone Booth

Tom wants to throw a surprise party for his best friend Anna, since he’s a bit in love with her. Unfortunately, the bar has messed up his reservation – and the only room available at short notice is the phone booth in the backyard. Tom tries everything to throw the „best party of the year” anyway. But the cell is too small, the bar’s rules are too absurd and Anna is far too difficult to impress. Tom realizes: The right mindset doesn’t help at all! A film about great ambitions in confined spaces.

Nominated at Palm Springs ShortFest 2023

Germany / 2022 / 11'


Director

Director

Lukas März & Kilian Bohnensack

 

Lukas März, born 7.12.1993 is a screenwriter and director from Munich. After studying German philology and theatre studies in Munich and Padova, he was a screenwriting student at the University of Television and Film Munich from 2016 until 2022. He worked as an intern of international series development at Studiocanal and as a copyeditor for Pro7/Sat.1 and different production companies. Since 2020 he is a freelancing Screenwriter for German and Austrian film productions, mainly writing comedy, historic and genre scripts. He also works as a director of short films and advertisements and as a video artists for Munich theatres. 2020 he was on the shortlist for the German Young Screenwriters’ price.

 

Kilian Bohnensack, born 17.8.1999, is a director and art director from Munich. Besides studying drama studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, he has been working as an assistent director at the Burgtheater Vienna, the Opera di Firenze, the Gärtnerplatztheater and the Prinzregententheater in Munich. He also directs his own plays in Munich’s independent theatre scene. His films were shown at national and international festivals.