Kitchen Sink

From the director of Crush. Director's Statement "The story came to me in much the same way as events unfold for the woman in the film. I could see this hair sticking out of the plughole and on closer inspection,...

New Zealand Production

Short 1989 Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Horror, Drama 14.00 minutes

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From the bowels of the kitchen sink comes a dark and tender love. A nightmare come true ...

New Zealand Film and TV Awards

2013 Short Film Award

2013 Audience Award for Best Short Film

2013 Golden Gate Special Jury Award

2013 International Fantasy Film Award

2013 Best Short Film

2013 Youth Award

1989 Cannes Film Festival - Nominated

Palme d'Or Best Short Film

Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia

Sydney Film Festival

Wellington Film Festival

Melbourne Film Festival

1990 Tampere Film Festival

International Film Festival Rotterdam

San Francisco Film Festival

Fantasporto Film Festival

Best Short Film

Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival

1991 Odense International Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

2002 Locarno Film Festival

2013 Grand Prix

2013 50th Anniversary Retrospective Programme

2013 Festival Favourites from 40 Years: 80s Programme

2013 Sundance Institute 40th Anniversary Short Film Programme

2014 San Sebastián International Film Festival

2019 Zomerpark Feest

2020 Tampere Film Festival

2021 Uppsala Short Film Festival

2022 Sundance Film Festival

2023 L’Etrange Festival - Forum des Images Paris

Directors

Alison Maclean

Producers

Bridget Ikin

Screenplay Writers

Alison Maclean

Cast

Teresa Healey
The Woman

Peter Tait
The Man

Crew

Stuart Drysburgh | Director of Photography

David Coulson | Editor

Grant Major | Art Director

Production Company

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