Joshua Machuca

Directing

Joshua Machuca

Born

1998-07-31 (28)

Place of birth

Melbourne, Australia

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

Joshua Machuca is an Australian independent filmmaker living in Melbourne, Australia. He is the CEO of Libertorium Studios and is best known for directing the 2025 feature film Lucky Lacki and its sequel. He works across several filmmaking roles, including directing, producing, writing, editing and cinematography and is known for his ambitious improvisational storytelling and authentic direction.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Love Locks poster
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When a bridge containing thousands of love locks is in danger of collapsing, Alice a young gay council worker, is forced by her homophobic boss to find the keys to each lock. This sends Alice on a wild adventure into the past life of George, a wise old man who just might be able to help her.

Love Locks

2019

Love Locks poster
NR

When a bridge containing thousands of love locks is in danger of collapsing, Alice a young gay council worker, is forced by her homophobic boss to find the keys to each lock. This sends Alice on a wild adventure into the past life of George, a wise old man who just might be able to help her.

Love Locks

2019

Love Locks poster
NR

When a bridge containing thousands of love locks is in danger of collapsing, Alice a young gay council worker, is forced by her homophobic boss to find the keys to each lock. This sends Alice on a wild adventure into the past life of George, a wise old man who just might be able to help her.

Love Locks

2019

Lucky Lacki poster
NR

Hopeless romantic Lacki flies halfway around the world from Slovakia to Australia for a Tinder date with a woman who doesn't remember chatting with him. When his romantic grand gesture goes disastrously wrong, he wanders the streets of Melbourne, discovering that sometimes getting lost is the only way to find yourself.

Lucky Lacki

2025

Lucky Lacki poster
NR

Hopeless romantic Lacki flies halfway around the world from Slovakia to Australia for a Tinder date with a woman who doesn't remember chatting with him. When his romantic grand gesture goes disastrously wrong, he wanders the streets of Melbourne, discovering that sometimes getting lost is the only way to find yourself.

Lucky Lacki

2025

Lucky Lacki 2 poster
NR

Hopeless romantic Lacki finds himself lost in Sydney, Australia after missing his connecting flight. Desperate for money to book another plane home to Slovakia, Lacki falls in with the wrong crowd, coming close to love and death in the harbour city.

Lucky Lacki 2

2026

Lucky Lacki 2 poster
NR

Hopeless romantic Lacki finds himself lost in Sydney, Australia after missing his connecting flight. Desperate for money to book another plane home to Slovakia, Lacki falls in with the wrong crowd, coming close to love and death in the harbour city.

Lucky Lacki 2

2026

Leftovers poster
NR

A psychologist struggling to hold the weight of his clients emotional struggles, tries to find a way to release his stress by exploring the complexities of humans through a series of intimate interactions, centred on a search for kindness.

Leftovers

2026

Leftovers poster
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A psychologist struggling to hold the weight of his clients emotional struggles, tries to find a way to release his stress by exploring the complexities of humans through a series of intimate interactions, centred on a search for kindness.

Leftovers

2026