Set in Australia in the 90s, Netflix show ‘Videoland’ follows the story of 17-year-old girl named Hayley, who is learning to navigate her newfound sexuality.
Throughout the short series, Hayley seeks to find out how to live in her sexuality by watching queer films. Lucky for Hayley, she works at a video store, so she has no trouble finding these films.
‘Videoland’, was filmed in Moe, Victoria, at Future Flicks, one of four remaining traditional video stores in Victoria.
Owner of ‘Future Flicks’, Ricky Dyt, began the operation of the store in 1987.
“I think it has become really nostalgic.”
“I have a lot of people just come in and browse around and take photos.”
“People want to feel the old tradition of video stores,” Dyt said.
When he was approached by Jessica Smith and Scarlett Koehne from Pikelet Pictures, in late 2022, with their idea, Dyt was more than happy to work with them and transform his store “back into the 90s.”
The filming of the show commenced in June, 2023, and ran for about three weeks.
According to Dyt, ninety five percent of the show was filmed at Future Flicks.
“Ninety five per cent of the show was filmed here”, Dyt said.
Dyt explained how the only scenes not filmed at Future Flicks were filmed in a storage room at Old Gippstown.
Videoland featured a lot of locals as extras, and the quirky comedy is now streaming on Netflix.
