Toy Phone (Drama) | Grief, Memory, and One Impossible Call @FilmShortage

Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

A simple toy phone… or something more?

In Toy Phone, a grieving mother is forced to confront the loss she’s been avoiding when her young son begins speaking to his recently deceased father through a toy phone.

What starts as innocent imagination slowly turns into something she can’t explain — a quiet, emotional story about grief, memory, and the ways we try to hold onto those we’ve lost.

Directed by Gabe Braden
Starring Karen Pittman and Devin Looc

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