About Us

We’re dedicated to finding the best and most stimulating screen content to share with audiences in Australia and New Zealand. As one of Australia’s leading independent distributors, Potential Films specialises in distributing quality world movies and event cinema to big and small screens.

Potential Films also manages the rights for contemporary world movies, classic movies and home entertainment. Our expertise extends to television and video on demand licensing for digital platforms.

We’ve previously released a wide range of notable movies by revered filmmakers including Wong Kar-Wai, Costa-Gavras, Agnès Varda, Tony Gatlif and Catherine Breillat. Highly successful theatrical releases include Russian Ark (dir. by Aleksandr Sokurov), The Leopard (dir. by Luchino Visconti), Lemon Tree (dir. by Eran Riklis) and the films of Jacques Tati, Jour de Fête, Mon Oncle, M. Hulot’s Holiday and Playtime.