Go Karts (film)

Go Karts, also known as Go!, is a 2019 Australian teen coming-of-age sports drama film directed by Owen Trevor on his feature film directorial debut. The film stars William Lodder, Frances O'Connor and Richard Roxburgh in the lead roles. It resembled similar to the storyline of 2010 Japanese martial arts drama film "The Karate Kid". The film is based on kart racing community in the Western Australia and talks about an underdog winning the National Kart racing championship.
The film, originally titled "Go!", premiered at the 2019 CinefestOz Film Festival and was released to theatres on 16 January 2020 in Australia. Under the title "Go Karts", the film was added to Netflix globally on 13 March 2020 excluding Australia and New Zealand and opened to mixed reviews from critics.
Plot.
Jack and his single mother Christie move into a small town in Western Australia. Jack relieves his painful memory as he lost his father Hooper from cancer. 
Jack later helps his mom with loading things into her new business shop. When he helps his mom, she later tells him to go to a for a party happening at a go kart racetrack and develops an interest, love and passion on the sport of go karts when he attends a birthday party of his new friend, Colin, at a local go-kart track. Jack also discovered that he is really good in that sport and is training but must learn to control his recklessness given his age and striving hard to win the Australian National Go Karts Championship by defeating the best drivers in Australia. He gets the support of his mentor Patrick and his best mates Colin and Mandy to achieve his dream. However he has to confront the obstacles to defeat the ruthless champion Dean who is his strongest competitor. Dean gets the support of his father Mike who owns a race team.
Production.
The film marked debut directorial venture for Owen Trevor, who previously helmed short films. The film was made completely based on crowdfunding, funded by Screen Australia, Screenvest, Lotterywest, Spectrum Films, Create NSW, Media Super, Fulcrum Media Finance and the principal photography of the film commenced in Busselton in April 2018. In April 2018, the producers of the film advertised via online platforms to recruit required drivers, teams, officials and spectators for the shooting of the film. The film was entirely shot and set in Australia on the backdrop of kart racing sport. It was predominantly filmed in Western Australia especially in Perth and at few race tracks in the Western Australia such as Cockburn International Kartway, Bunbury City Kart Club. The official trailer of the film was unveiled by Roadshow Films on 22 August 2019 and the film was also premiered at the 2019 CinefestOz Film Festival.
American digital platform Netflix bought the worldwide rights of the film excluding Australia, New Zealand and unveiled its official trailer on 27 February 2020.