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The Quest for Clean Dishes

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Washing dishes if it was a video game

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46 festivals, funds and schemes worth this film.

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  • Competitioncloses in 2 days · 13 November 2026

    Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize (Glasgow Short Film Festival)

    Glasgow, Scotland · not stated on this page; apply through the Glasgow Film website

    checked 28 Oct 2026 · source
  • Festivalcloses in 13 days · 24 November 2026

    Manchester Film Festival

    Manchester · Shorts US$70 until 27 October then US$75 (North West shorts US$65 then US$70); features US$97.50 then US$99.50 · premiere required

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
  • Festivalcloses in 16 days · 27 November 2026

    Open City Documentary Festival

    London · Entry fee via FilmFreeway; selected works under 40 minutes get a £70 screening fee

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
  • CompetitionFree to entercloses in 34 days · 15 December 2026

    Sony Future Filmmaker Awards

    International; shortlist flown to Sony Pictures Studios, California · Free to enter · up to 20 min

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source

Filtered by the film's length and ordered by deadline; every row carries the date we checked it and where. The film is public here, so the ones that want a premiere are marked. The festival plan says how to run the year.

The scorecard

A home-shot gag reel that imagines dishwashing as a video game, light on evidence of execution.

2.0of 5
  • Storygetting there

    Synopsis sets a simple premise, a chore reframed as a quest, but no transcript or further detail shows a turn or an ending.

  • Picturegetting there

    Frames are dim and noisy, handheld and flat-lit; the sink shot has some found-object clutter but no clear framing choice.

  • Wordsnot read

    Not read: no caption track, so dialogue or narration was not seen beyond a single speech bubble gag.

  • Worldgetting there

    A real kitchen and hallway, lived-in but not dressed or lit to sell a game world; the rainbow fan and bottle water nod to it faintly.

  • Voicegetting there

    The premise, dishes as a quest, has personality, and the credits joke about family helping on short notice adds a wink, but frames don't show the idea landing.

I read the synopsis and four published frames; no caption transcript was available, so dialogue, narration and on-screen game text (if any) were not seen. Read 11 November 2026. How the scorecard works