The film stars Jean-Marc Barr, Radha Mitchell and features the voice of Jane Birkin.

[3] It is Kotatko's second adaptation of Carver's writing, the first being Everything Goes starring Hugo Weaving, Abbie Cornish and Sullivan Stapleton.

A married couple (Barr and Mitchell) is woken in the dead of night by a mysterious phone caller (Birkin).

"[6] Radha Mitchell expressed her reasons for doing the project in The Beast Magazine: "I wouldn't normally be attracted to do a short film, except this is such a character piece, and it's so dependent on the two lead performances.

"[10] In his review, ABC Radio's Movieland critic CJ Johnson wrote that "Whoever Was Using This Bed is an intelligent, precise and mature short film that doesn't rely on Carver's innate abilities; in transposing this gripping little two-hander to the screen, Kokatko makes plenty of cinematic choices of his own, informed by his obvious deep regard for the source material.