MOCKBUSTER

Australia, United States, 2025: 90 minutes: Canadian Premiere

Globe Cinema

April 20 7:00 PM Buy

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Globe Cinema

Mon, Apr 20 7:00 PM Buy

A struggling Australian filmmaker’s chance at redemption collides with chaos and compromise as he navigates the eccentric world of notorious SHARKNADO production house, The Asylum.

Once-promising filmmaker Anthony Frith lands a final shot at glory with Hollywood’s kings of B-movie schlock, the Asylum. Tasked with directing a lost-world dinosaur film in suburban Adelaide on a six-day shoot and a shoestring budget, he also turns the camera on himself, filming a behind-the-scenes documentary as the chaos unfolds. Between demanding LA execs, a bewildered cast, and his own creeping self-doubt, both productions push their first-time director to the brink. MOCKBUSTER is a hilarious and unexpectedly tender documentary about chasing the dream through the absurd hustle of genre filmmaking, but finding a different kind of success behind the scenes.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Adelaide Film Festival 2025
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2026
Chattanooga 2026
Cinequest 2026

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Anthony Frith is an Australian writer and director with a love for absurd pop-culture anomalies. His work has taken him to Boston, where he studied the art of churning out novelty songs with cult musician Matt Farley in LESSONS FROM A MIDDLE CLASS ARTIST; to Burbank, where he made his feature debut directing a trashy dinosaur movie for the legendary studio The Asylum in MOCKBUSTER. You can usually find Anthony deep in the rabbit holes of internet folklore, always on the hunt for strange stories from the fringes of pop-culture.

press for Mockbuster

"MOCKBUSTER is about never giving up, despite impossible odds, costume mistakes, organizing camera insurance, and figuring out how to entertain the masses with pocket change."

- Film Threat

"At once hilarious and insightful, Mockbuster not only takes audiences to get a look behind the curtain at how The Asylum churns out their collection of titles, it’s also a general reminder that one should never feel guilty about the things you enjoy or even love."

- Elements of Madness