Synopsis

A married couple is woken in the dead of night by a mysterious phone call.

Unable to sleep, they are drawn into an unsettling examination of their fears and desires.

Based on a story by celebrated writer Raymond Carver (Short Cuts), Whoever Was Using This Bed is a multi-award winning short psychological drama with an internationally acclaimed cast including Jean-Marc Barr (The Big Blue), Radha Mitchell (Melinda and Melinda) and Jane Birkin (Blow-Up).

 Jean-Marc Barr (Ray)

 Jean-Marc is the star of Luc Besson’s The Big Blue, one of the most significant French films of the 1980s. A graduate of UCLA, the Sorbonne and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, his other credits include John Boorman’s Hope and Glory and Lars von Trier’s films Europa, Breaking the Waves and Nymphomaniac. An independent filmmaker in his own right, Jean-Marc most recently portrayed legendary American author Jack Kerouac in Big Sur co-starring Radha Mitchell, and played the lead role in director Semih Kaplanoglu’s award-winning feature film, Grain.

 Radha Mitchell (Iris)

Born in Australia, Radha rose to prominence in the US appearing in such high-profile films as High Art, Pitch Black, Finding Neverland, Man on Fire and Silent Hill. Over the past decade, she has established a reputation as one of the most versatile and talented actresses in Hollywood. Radha was widely acclaimed for her lead role in Woody Allen’s Melinda and Melinda. Her recent credits include Looking For Grace, London Has Fallen, The Shack and Mathew Weiner’s Amazon Prime series The Romanoffs with Diane Lane, Aaron Eckhart and Isabelle Huppert.

 Jane Birkin (The Caller)

Jane is an English actress and singer based in France who shot to international fame in Michelangelo Antonioni’s film Blow-Up. Her musical collaborations with the late French musician Serge Gainsbourg have been hugely influential with artists such as Beck, Portishead and Pulp. Jane’s film roles include Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile, Jacques Rivette’s masterpiece La Belle Noiseuse and more recently Twice Born with Penélope Cruz. Jane was awarded an OBE and France’s Order of Merit for her contributions to music, film and the arts.

Andrew KotatkoWriter / Director / Producer

A screenwriting graduate of Binger Filmlab in The Netherlands, Andrew previously wrote and directed the multi-award winning short film Everything Goes (2004), based on a story by Raymond Carver and starring Hugo Weaving, Abbie Cornish and Sullivan Stapleton. The film screened at the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand International Short film Festival in France.

Andrew is also Australia’s most experienced music supervisor, having collaborated with filmmakers such as Jane Campion, Fred Schepisi, Jennifer Kent, Russell Crowe, Anne Fontaine and Mel Gibson.

Andrew’s latest short film is the AFI AACTA Social Shorts Award winner Whoever Was Using This Bed (2016) starring Jean-Marc Barr, Radha Mitchell and Jane Birkin. To date, the film has screened at over 175 international film festivals and won 91 awards.

Photograph: Georgie Gavaghan