About this Short Film
Midnight Kitchen Mayhem (Alistair Henderson-Baker, Australia, 2022) is a short film that explores cooking, friendship and group dynamics through a fresh, sensory lens. Its focus on hands-on activity and shared effort highlights skills, humour and camaraderie without assuming a conventional narrative. Presented in the Focus on Ability International Short Film Festival, the film invites audiences to appreciate the practical talents and everyday achievements of people with disability. Expect a warm, grounded piece that values small victories and communal creativity. It is an affectionate reminder that ability is expressed in many forms, and that simple rituals like cooking can hold power, connection and joy.
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Filmmaker
Alistair Henderson-Baker is the filmmaker behind this entry. See every Focus on Ability entry from Alistair Henderson-Baker.
I love how he use his imagination and think reality in to puppets. It made me think I want to do this.
Amazing short film Al It's lively and funny. I like your art work and good ideas in hanging out with friends midnight for Yummy Lasagne
Great video Al You are a fabulous story teller. The characters artwork and creativity you have made is wonderful to watch.
This is awesome Al I love all your films and characters. Definitely hungry for some Lasagne now
This is a fantastic film Al. You are very good at telling stories I especially loved the drawings that you did in the background of each scene. Its great to see that your cooking practise is proving useful for film making as well
Brilliant Al - loved the puppets and how smart they were to cook lasanga.Love all the art work too. Congratulations Al and all your support crew.
Love love love this video Congratulations to all involved but especially to Alistair for his hard work over the weeks to get it made.
Very entertaining and thorough its a winner
Brilliant video. Loved the use of puppets and the colourful illustrations in the background it worked really well in telling the story.
I really enjoyed your film Al the story was great I especially liked the problem solving when little things went wrong- you really thought about what really happens when we cook Congratulations to all actors and puppeteers and of course the writer director and set designer
Excellent production Alistair. You did a fabulous job. Kudos to all of the other actors and producers involved as well. Very proud of you Alistair. Love Scott
Great work Al. Very entertaining and funny - I loved the out takes too. Congratulations to all in the cast and crew.
Well done Al and to all the cast and crew. Very entertaining and funny. I loved the out takes too - they made me hungry for some lasagna of my own.
So proud of you Al. You really played your part so well. Keep up the good work. Love always Nana
What a fabulous production Al. I loved everything about it - the characters storyline and artwork. You should be very proud of yourself.
I really enjoyed your film so did my kids. My favourite character was Jeremy. Thanks
Well done Alistair Im so proud of your hard work. You did great set design and I loved your story. It was a real pleasure to work on this film with you
Well done Alistair. Excellent production. Loved your choice of characters your voice over wonderful. Definitely love your choice of Nanna for Leos voice. Super special Congratulations.
Well done AlReally enjoyed your movie - you did a fantastic job narrating and your artwork is wonderful. I also think you made a great choice selecting Nanna to be the voice of Leo