Lucie McMahon

Things Will Be Different

(2024), 65 mins, Dir. Lucie McMahon

Things Will Be Different documents two neighbours’ experiences of displacement as they are forced to relocate from the Walker Street public housing estate in Northcote, Melbourne when it is sold for private redevelopment. The film explores the impact of losing one’s home and the important role public housing plays in our communities.

Producer




Genre

Kylie Pascoe, Celeste de Clario Davis, Emmett Aldred, Eliza Hinds, Zac Milner-Cretney

Documentary


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Screenings

Australia

  • Cinema Nova; Carlton, VIC, 3053 ︎ Special Guests: Jordan van den Berg (Shit rentals), Gabrielle di Vietri (Greens) Moderated by Hunter Sommer (Renters and Housing Union)
  • ︎ACMI, Cinema 1; Melbourne, VIC, 3000 as part of ‘New Voices’
  • ︎Post panel discussion with Lucie McMahon, Emmett Aldred, Celeste De Clario Davis and the editors of Things Will Be Different. Moderated by Lauren Valmadre (Australian International Documentary Conference)
  • ︎Lido Cinema; Hawthorn, VIC, 3122 as part of the Melb’ Design Week Film Festival
  • ︎Panel discussion with Steve Mintern from Office and Dr Priya Kunjan from RMIT's Global and Urban Studies.
  • ︎Pivotonean Cinema Geelong; Geelong, VIC, 3220︎ Special Guests: Sarah Mansfield (Greens) William Gwynne (Things Will Be Different). Moderated by Angela Carr (Geelong Socialist Alliance)
  • ︎Thornbury Picture House; Thrnbry, VIC, 3071, Special Guests: Senator Lidia Thorpe Stacey Elvy (FIGJAM)
  • Preview Screening for Darebin Fuse Film Festival (in August 2022) at Thornbury Picture House and All Saints Anglican Church - Northcote, 3070
  • ︎Preview Screening at Collingwood Yards & Centre for Projection Art. Collingwood, VIC, 3066
  • ︎Preview Screening at The Capitol Cinema; Melbourne, VIC, 3000, as part of the Forum for Dwelling Justice. 
  • ︎Robin Boyd Foundation Home; South Yarra, VIC, 3141
  • ︎Kindred Studios; Yarraville, 3013 for the Setting Sun Film Festival
  • ︎Film introduced by a representative from the Renters and Housing Union Australia + post film discussion. Moderated by film critic Keva York.
  • ︎Palace Cinema; Byron Bay, NSW, 2481
  • ︎Dendy Cinema; Newtown, NSW, 2042
  • ︎Special Guests: Sylvie Elsmore (Greens), Karyn Brown (Action for Public Housing) Moderated by: Rachel Evens (National Housing Justice Campaign)
  • ︎Luna Leederville; Leederville, WA, 6007 as part of the Freemantle Design Week Design Week Film
  • ︎Luna Leederville; Leederville, WA, 6007
  • Special Guests: William Gwynne (Things Will Be Different), Housing for the Aged Action Group, Stop Evicting Our Families Moderated by Blair (National Housing Justice Campaign
  • ︎Palace Barracks Cinema; Brisbane, QLD, 4000
  • ︎ Special Guests: Jonathan Sriranganathan (Greens), Siena (South East Queensland Renters), Lynette Loffel (Housing for the Aged Action Group) Moderated by Natalie Osbourne (Griffith University)
  • ︎Mercury Cinema; Adelaide, SA, 5000
  • ︎ Special Guests: David Deex (Anti-Poverty Network SA), Robert Simms (Greens), Abbey Murdoch (Anti-Poverty Network SA), Samantha Bruinewoud (RAHU)
  • Moderated by Pas Forgoine (Anti-Poverty Network SA)
  • Screen Inquisition Royal Melbourne University of Technology. Melbourne. Kaleide Theatre.


International

  • 2th Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival. Tamil Nadu Government M.G.R. Film and Television Institute, Chennai, India.
  • ︎24th Social Justice Film Festival, Bengaluru. St Joseph’s University, Bengaluru. India
  • ︎Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway - Ecology and Economy | Course code: 40330 

Press

Australia

  • ‘I just can’t move again’: the Melbourne public housing residents fighting to save their community Review:
  • ‘Things Will Be Different’ is a Melodic Documentary about the Importance of Public Housing - Rough Cut Journal 
  • Their housing estate was demolished. Here’s what happened to the final residents - The Age,
  • Residents vow to fight government push to quash public housing commission class action - The Age
  • Will Gwynne wants community and connection - ACMI Stories and Ideas
  • The Stars, The. The Paris End
  • Friends, Strangers, and the Night: The Filmmakers Lurking in the Dark of the Cinémathèque - Lucie McMahon: Things Will Be Different Documentary - RTR FM
  • Things will be Different - Walker Street Estate documentary. Raise the Roof - 3CR 
  • Things Will Be Different. Showreel - 3CR
  • Future Perfect. 29th April 2024 - RRR Community Radio
  • Weekend Mornings with Matt Preston - ABC Radio. Melbourne 
  • Q & A with writer/director Lucie McMahon for her documentary - Peter Krausz. ovieMetropolis 
  • Things Will Be Different - ‘Behind the Scenes’ for TNA 
  • "F**k hope, let's get organised" w/ Lucie McMahon + William Gwyne” - Movies Movies Movies 
  • No place like home: Will Victoria get value for its $5.3bn spend? - The Age, Australia


I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we work and live — the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation & pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.