 At the festival they screened Gaylene's film Mr Wrong and Perfect Strangers, which were reviewed in depth by Lauren Carroll Harris for Real Time.She wrote, directed and produced "Hope and Wire" (2014) a drama mini series about the aftermath of the 2010/2011 Christchurch earthquakes.Preston's most recent documentary feature film "My Year with Helen" (2017) premiered at the Athena Film Festival in February 2018.