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Mockbuster Documentary Wins Audience Award at Adelaide Fest

11/14/2025

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Mockbuster is an Australian documentary directed by Anthony Frith that premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival and won the Audience Award for Feature Documentary.
The film follows Frith directing a low-budget dinosaur movie, The Land That Time Forgot, while documenting the chaotic production.
The Asylum's founders, known for creating 'shitty movies,' sustain a 25-year business model based on improvisation.

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Story summary

Mockbuster is an Australian documentary directed by Anthony Frith that premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival and won the Audience Award for Feature Documentary.
The film follows Frith directing a low-budget dinosaur movie, The Land That Time Forgot, while documenting the chaotic production.
The Asylum's founders, known for creating 'shitty movies,' sustain a 25-year business model based on improvisation.