THE CALLERS

A love letter to queer possibility, THE CALLERS moves through time and around the UK to tell the intimate stories of people who have called Switchboard LGBT, England’s oldest LGBTQ+ phone helpline for over 50 years, seeking guidance on everything from where to find the nearest leather bar to how to come out, impress a new lover or mend a broken heart.


Lindsey Dryden (she/her) is an Emmy-winning filmmaker from the UK and based in Austin, TX. She directed the feature documentary LOST AND SOUND (2012, SXSW) which was nominated Best Female-Directed Film at Sheffield Doc/Fest, and directed documentary shorts including THE CALLERS (2024, Queer Futures), JACKIE KAY: ONE PERSON, TWO NAMES (2017, Tate Queer British Art), and CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LOOK AT ME (2009, True/False). Lindsey produced Academy Award shortlisted, Sundance Special Jury Award-winning UNREST (2017, PBS/Netflix) and 2x Webby- and Emmy-winning TRANS IN AMERICA (2019, them), and Executive Produced AHEAD OF THE CURVE (2020, Starz/Netflix). She is a 2024 Concordia Fellow, a 2022 Sundance Institute Documentary Producers Lab Fellow, and has been mentored by BAFTAxBFI Flare and Andrew Haigh. Lindsey is a member of AMPAS, BAFTA and QueerDoc, and a proud co-founder of FWD-Doc (Filmmakers with Disabilities).

Produced by
Colleen Cassingham
Samantha Steele
Lindsey Dryden

Director of Photography
Beatriz Sastre

Production Designer
Tin Vlainić

Edited by
Viridiana Lieberman
César Martinez Barba

Composer
Jo Paterson

Costume Designer
Felippe Johann

Colorist
Esme Smith

Supervising Sound Editor / Re-recording Mixer
Filipe Messeder

1st AC
Catharina Scarpellini

2nd AC
Rebecca Richards

Additional Cinematography
Jen Fearnley
Owen Diplock

Sound Recordist
Felix Waverley-Hudson

Gaffer
Abi Hurcomb

Sparks
Klaudia Borbely
Meg Sharp

Production Design Assistant
Rimu Klok

Production Assistants
Morenike Besan
Oona Chanfi