When The Phone Rang - ENFF

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• Location: Filmhuis Den Haag

When the phone rang, time stopped forever at a point: Friday, 10:36 am, 1992. One call, one voice on the other side of the wire, brings the news of the death of the grandfather and at the same time announces the end of childhood, the end of a country, the end of the world as it existed. For young Lana, personal tragedy becomes the first crack through which war and the unsettling world of the adults penetrate. The filmmaker guides us through the fragments of Lana’s memory: playing spying games with neighbour kids, falling in love with the punk rocker, focusing on the details of everyday life in a quite uncertain atmosphere. All these moments, collected like souvenirs in a box, become the only way to hold the world together. A film about loss, about reminiscences of a childhood and a country that exists only in stories and in the hearts of those who had to leave it.

Eastern Neighbors Film Festival 2025

Discover more about the Eastern Neighbours Film Festival – where cinema from Eastern and Southeastern Europe takes centre stage. From 5 to 9 November 2025, explore the full line-up of films, events, and special guests featured in this year’s edition at Filmhuis Den Haag.

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