It is Egoyan's first feature film and won two prizes at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg[1] and was nominated for Best Achievement in Direction at the 8th Genie Awards.

[2] Twenty-three-year-old Peter Foster is an only child who lives at home, where he constantly hears his parents arguing.

Peter decides to visit this family, and he pretends to be their son, Bedros Deryan.

Next of Kin was first made commercially available via a DVD set along with Egoyan's second full-length film, Family Viewing.

It was also released in the U.K. in BD and DVD by Curzon Artificial Eye.