Nope, sorry, all the interesting films are being made in Manitoba. :p

Re: the phone thing, I think it's not surprising bc it is a good way to set up the scene transition & establish the relationship between the characters but, yeah, it's pretty lazy. I prefer if it's something like Six Feet Under did in the first episode, where it's kind of just the average bickering you see between family members. Obviously the last thing you said to someone is never all you wish you could have said to them; no need to twist the knife excessively.