Pickpockets, a love letter to screwball romances and crime capers from around the world, releases in cinemas from November 9 and kicks off a national Q&A screening tour on the same date at Sydney’s Randwick Ritz.
Pickpockets, co-written, directed, edited by and starring D.C. Fairhurst, and co-written, produced and starring Lucy Green, is a new independent Australian feature also starring Zoe Terakes and Tim Minchin.
The film follows the flirty rivalry between lone-wolf pickpocket Jesse (Fairhurst) and charismatic rookie Robin (Green), which escalates into a spiteful turf war.
Tempted by the score of a lifetime, the former enemies are forced to partner up. But when feelings get involved, their well-laid plans quickly fall apart.
Highly original in its visual style, the film is a hybrid of black and white and colour, graded by Kali Bateman, co-colourist on Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis.
Pickpockets co-writer, director and editor D.C. Fairhurst is a genre filmmaker from Sydney.
His work has won numerous awards and screened at festivals and pop-culture events around the world, including a panel at San Diego Comic-Con.
His debut feature film, Reaching Distance, premiered at CinefestOZ, leading to a nationwide theatrical release before streaming on Stan. D.C.’s short horror films White Void and The Drowned Bellboy each surpassed one million views online. Following their viral success, a feature adaptation of White Void was optioned, with D.C. attached to direct.
As an editor, D.C. has cut numerous award-winning short films and music videos, as well as advertising campaigns for Microsoft and Google and the Lisa Blair documentary Ice Maiden.
In a past life, and under a different name, D.C. was a child actor in Sydney’s theatre scene before moving behind the camera in his late teens. Lucy Green challenged him to step back in front of the camera for the short film This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us, in which he played Jesse – a role that continued into the feature adaptation.
Pickpockets co-writer and producer Lucy Green is a Sydney-based actor, writer and producer trained at the Stella Adler Art of Acting Studio in Los Angeles.
A dynamic performer and creator, Lucy is also a skilled dancer, MMA fighter and stage combat artist, with screen and stage credits spanning Australia and the USA.
Her latest short film, Disarmed (2024), premiered at Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose and was selected for 22 international festivals, receiving five awards. It was also selected to screen at the European Parliament Gala in Rome, where it received a special award for its contribution to eliminating violence against women.
Her previous collaboration with D.C. Fairhurst, the short film This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us, won an award at Flickerfest in 2021 and toured nationally as part of its ‘Best Of’ program.
Confirmed Q&A screenings, with cast and key creatives in attendance, will be held at Randwick Ritz, Hayden Orpheum, Palace Byron Bay, Tower Cinemas Newcastle, The Astor, New Farm Cinemas, HOTA, Rooftop Movies Perth and Luna on SX Fremantle between November 9 and November 25.
Here’s where you can see it!
NSW
Monday, 9 November
Randwick Ritz, Sydney (Australian Premiere)
Wednesday, 11 November
Hayden Orpheum, Sydney
Saturday, 21 November
Palace Cinemas, Byron Bay
Sunday, 22 November
Tower Cinemas, Newcastle
VIC
Monday, 16th November
The Astor, Melbourne (VIC Premiere)
Tuesday, 17th November
Eclipse Cinema, Melbourne
QLD
Thursday, 19 November
New Farm Cinemas, Brisbane (QLD Premiere)
Friday, 20 November
HOTA, Gold Coast
WA
Tuesday, 24 November
Rooftop Movies, Perth (WA Premiere)
Wednesday, 25 November
Luna on SX, Fremantle
You can find tickets to all screenings can be found here.
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