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The Last Payphone In New York

Co-Director

 

At the last payphone in New York, deep in a subway station, a young woman is forced by her captor to call her father for a half-million-dollar ransom. But when she makes the call, her unexpected reaction turns the high-stakes hostage situation into a darkly absurd comedy.

 

Festival Selections

  • 50th Cleveland International Film Festival 2026 / World Premiere/ (ACADEMY AWARD - QUALIFYING)

  • HollyShorts Comedy Film Festival 2026

  • Southside Film Festival 2026

Press
‘Last Payphone’ And The Film Trend Of 1990s New York
Featured in Forbes Read it here

Selected as one of “12 Films to Catch” at the Cleveland International Film Festival
Featured in CleveRockRead it here

 © 2026 by Taryn Brooke

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