An archive of real and imagined heartbreak.

Created for Too Much: Melodrama on Film.

A moment brought to you by Light After Dark, a place for immersive encounters with film.

Made in collaboration with Broadway, Nottingham. Creative technology by Ben Neal. Phonebooth design and build by Fenn Woodwork. Design by Waste Studio.

With thanks to funding from BFI Film Audience Network.

Supported by Broadway’s Near Now using public funding by Arts Council England.

FAQ

  • This project is part of Light After Dark Film Festival, A place for immersive encounters in cinema and originally commissioned by Film Hub Southwest with the support of Near Now and Broadway Cinema.

  • We will keep them in our archive. We will exhibit the messages in the archive in various ways including but not limited to exhibitions, print and social media.

  • We collect data via dropbox for the phone booth an Twillio which logs phone numbers, location and time of call.

  • We will not share your phone numbers or email address with any third parties. The exception is as follows: We understand some calls may contain controversial or illegal activity, however if that activity poses a real threat to someone or themselves, we will contact local authorities. See our Privacy Policy.

  • See the homepage for details about current and upcoming venues to visit the Lost Love Hotline booth.

    Previous venues include:

    2025

    Phoenix, Exeter 8–19 Oct

    Broadway, Nottingham 21 Oct–2 Nov

    Watershed, Bristol 4–13 Nov

    HOME, Manchester 5–23 Nov

    Phoenix, Leicester 25 Nov–4 Dec

    Showroom, Sheffield 6–15 Dec

    BFI Southbank, London 17–31 Dec