Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island (2025)

No luggage. Just baggage.

Lou Wells has hit rock bottom after a promising start to her Hollywood career. Now broke and aimless, she reluctantly accepts a plane ticket from her estranged father, Rory to return home to South Australia’s ruggedly beautiful Kangaroo Island. As years of unresolved tension start to resurface, the reunion turns even more complicated when Lou and her sister Freya learn about Rory’s secret.

Date of release
2025-08-21
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Director
Timothy David

Casting

Interesting facts

Kangaroo Island is a 2024 Australian drama–comedy film directed by Timothy David and written by Sally Gifford. The film is set on and was filmed on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. After its world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival on 3 November 2024, the film was released in Australian cinemas on 21 August 2025. The film was released on Netflix in Australia and New Zealand in January 2026, and in US theatres on 24 April 2026.

Production

Kangaroo Island is the debut feature film of Timothy David, also known as Tim Piper. He is best known for being co-founder and co-owner of the New York-based production company Piro, and being the creator of Dove's 2008 "Evolution" ad and the four-part webseries for Chipotle Mexican Grill about "Big Ag", called Farmed and Dangerous Kangaroo Island is also the debut film for actress-turned-filmmaker Sally Gifford, who is Piper's wife.

The film was originally titled Animal, referring to the observation of the characters as human animals. There is tragedy in the film, but also comedy, and it shows characters who are dealing with hardship.

Filming took place on Kangaroo Island, including at Snelling Beach, Emu Bay, Stokes Bay, and Vivonne Bay. It includes shots of some of its wildlife, including echidnas, kangaroos, koalas, goannas, great white sharks, seals, and dolphins.

It was produced by Timothy David, Peter Hanlon, Bettina Hamilton, Daniel M. Rosenberg, and Leona Cichon, with Pouch Potato Productions Pty Ltd. Ian McCarroll is cinematographer and music is by Ariel Marx. David Ockenden was production designer. It runs for 110 minutes.

The film was partially funded by the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund and the South Australian Film Corporation.

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