Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Who forgives the unforgivable?
In a moment of crisis, troubled gas station worker Jacob calls a Christian healing hotline after spotting its number on a roadside advertisement.
On the other end is David, a volunteer counselor determined to reach him through compassion and faith. But as their conversation stretches across an increasingly tense day, Jacob begins revealing an obsession with his upstairs neighbor—and intentions that grow progressively darker.
As David desperately tries to keep him on the line, the call becomes a confrontation with rage, trauma, forgiveness, and the possibility that the person Jacob is really fighting may be himself.
1-800-HE-HEALS is a psychological drama about our desperate need for connection and the ways we push it away when we need it most.
Written and directed by Michael Cappelletti
Starring Sanders Stephens
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From the filmmaker:
“Jacob doesn’t just long for connection—he actively resists it. I wanted to explore how trauma, resentment, and rigid beliefs can trap us in self-destructive cycles, even as we crave the very thing we need most: each other.”
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Who forgives the unforgivable?
In a moment of crisis, troubled gas station worker Jacob calls a Christian healing hotline after spotting its number on a roadside advertisement.
On the other end is David, a volunteer counselor determined to reach him through compassion and faith. But as their conversation stretches across an increasingly tense day, Jacob begins revealing an obsession with his upstairs neighbor—and intentions that grow progressively darker.
As David desperately tries to keep him on the line, the call becomes a confrontation with rage, trauma, forgiveness, and the possibility that the person Jacob is really fighting may be himself.
1-800-HE-HEALS is a psychological drama about our desperate need for connection and the ways we push it away when we need it most.
Written and directed by Michael Cappelletti
Starring Sanders Stephens
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From the filmmaker:
“Jacob doesn’t just long for connection—he actively resists it. I wanted to explore how trauma, resentment, and rigid beliefs can trap us in self-destructive cycles, even as we crave the very thing we need most: each other.”
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A FILM SHORTAGE SELECTION
#FilmShortage #PsychologicalThriller #DramaShortFilm
FILM SHORTAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram: instagram.com/filmshortage
Twitter: twitter.com/filmshortage
Facebook: facebook.com/filmshortage
Website: filmshortage.com
Film Shortage is home to the next generation of filmmakers, premiering some of the best and diverse short films online
