Whoever Was Using This Bed
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| Directed by | Andrew Kotatko |
| Written by | Andrew Kotatko |
| Based on | "Whoever Was Using This Bed" by Raymond Carver |
| Produced by | Andrew Kotatko Marie Slaight |
| Starring | Jean-Marc Barr Radha Mitchell Jane Birkin |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Simpson, ACS |
| Edited by | Roland Gallois, ASE |
| Music by | Ben Frost Jon Hopkins Robert Mackenzie |
Production companies | Midnight Coffee Films Altaire Productions |
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Running time | 21 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Whoever Was Using This Bed is a 2016 Australian short film directed by Andrew Kotatko. It is based on the short story of the same name by Raymond Carver from his 1988 collection Elephant. The film stars Jean-Marc Barr, Radha Mitchell and features the voice of Jane Birkin.
The film was co-produced by Altaire Productions and Midnight Coffee Films, with post-production funds successfully raised via crowdfunding on Kickstarter.
Whoever Was Using This Bed won Best Drama in the Australian Film Institute / Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts's 2016 Social Shorts competition.
It is Kotatko's second adaptation of Carver's writing, the first being Everything Goes starring Hugo Weaving, Abbie Cornish and Sullivan Stapleton.