Birthright: Zoe Pepper's Housing Crisis Satire Hits Australian Cinemas

Zoe Pepper's debut feature film 'Birthright,' a savage satire of Australia's housing crisis, is released in cinemas on 21 May 2026. The film follows a stressed couple, Cory (Travis Jeffery) and Jasmine (Maria Angelico), who are evicted from their high-rent apartment and forced to move in with Cory's unsympathetic parents, Richard (Michael Hurst) and Lyn (Linda Cropper). The film debuted at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival and later screened at Sydney Film Festival and MIFF. Its release coincides with political upheaval over housing policy, including the Domain First Home Buyer Report (February 2026) showing entry house prices up 68% nationally over five years. The film critiques intergenerational inequality, with 65% of elected politicians owning at least two properties. Pepper plays up youthful entitlement while skewering boomer denial.