Fiction

To Anyone Who Can Hear Me

Synopsis

Mother and son, running away from an abusing husband and father. A young couple about to became parents. A little girl going to school. A stressed business man. A broken hearted girl. All together in a train journey, telling the life story of an old couple. “Never seek anything outside yourself, everything lies in your own heart” is what describes this timeless journey, where these characters carry a heavy luggage on their shoulders: their life stories. A luggage full of pain, betrayal, angst, impotence to change, search for love, moments of happiness, hopelessness and, always last, hope.

To anyone who can hear me entered the International Film Festivals circuit and premiered at the prestigious Taormina International Film Festival in Italy in July 1999. On the same year the film went to Edinburgh, Madrid, Croatia, Siena.

Technical Sheet

Title: To Anyone Who Can Hear Me
Type: Feature
Year: 1999
Country: England
Sound: Stereo
Duration: 87
Black and White: 16mm
Language: English
Subtitles: None
Original Version: English
Direction and Screenplay: Carlos Ruiz
Editing: Anton Califano
Producer: Carlos Ruiz and Anton Califano
Director of cinematography: Tim Green
Sound: Carlos Ruiz, Anton Califano
Cast:
Nicole Marlene, Hugh Gallagher, Anthony Biggs, Camilla Vella, Nathan McHugh, Julie Bevan, Hannah Scrimshaw, Martin Laughton, Ruth Posner

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More about the film

  • Awards

    • At the International Film Festival of Figueira Da Foz, Portugal To Anyone Who Can Hear Me won two major awards:
    • Grand Prix for Best Feature Film and International Press Critics Award. September 1999.
    • Prémio do Júri Internacional de Jornalistas no Festival Internacional de Cinema da Figueira da Foz. 1999.
    • At the International Film Festival of Famalição, Portugal (June 2001) Special Honour Distinction. June 2001.

  • Distribution

    • Cinema: Riverside Studio Cinema (Londres), East End Cinema (Londres), Columbia Tri-Star (Londres), Soho Wertyrn Preview Theatre (Londres), several universities in London such as South Barbican University, Tower Hamlets College and City & Islington College, the Braga Cineclub (Braga), Cinemas Trindade (Porto), the Instituto Politécnico do Porto auditorium (Porto), Cinema Renoir (Madrid), and more.
    • Television: RTP (Portugal)

  • Festivals

    • World Premier at International Film Festival of Taormina. Itália. Julho. 1999.
    • International Premier at International Film Festival of Cinema da Figueira da Foz. 1999.
    • National Premier at International Cinema Festival of Madrid. Espanha. 1999.
    • International Cinema Festival Famafest of Famalicão. Portugal. 2001.
    • International Film Festival Sienna. Italy.2000.
    • International Film Festival Taormina. Italy.1999.
    • International Film Festival New British Expo. Edimburg. UK.1999.
    • International Film Festival Split. Croacia.1999.
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