Australian New Wave cinema

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film movement national cinema movement

Australian New Wave cinema was a revitalizing film movement from the 1970s and 1980s in Australia, marked by government-supported production, international critical acclaim, and distinctive explorations of national identity and landscape.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Australian New Wave	10
Australian New Wave cinema canonical	10
Australian New Wave cinema movement	1
Australian New Wave era	1
Australian film revival	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film movement ⓘ national cinema movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Australian New Wave cinema ⓘ surface form: Australian New Wave Australian New Wave cinema ⓘ surface form: Australian film revival
country	Australia ⓘ
emergedAfter	decline of Australian film production in the 1950s and 1960s ⓘ
endTime	late 1980s ⓘ
followedBy	Australian cinema of the 1990s independent wave ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	art-house sensibility ⓘ focus on Australian national identity ⓘ genre experimentation ⓘ government-supported production ⓘ international critical acclaim ⓘ low-to-medium budget feature films ⓘ prominent use of Australian landscape ⓘ revitalization of Australian film industry ⓘ strong auteur directors ⓘ
hasTheme	Australian masculinity ⓘ colonial history of Australia ⓘ indigenous and settler relations ⓘ isolation and the outback ⓘ myth and national legend ⓘ rural–urban divide in Australia ⓘ
impact	increased international visibility of Australian cinema ⓘ launched international careers of Australian directors and actors ⓘ revived domestic cinema attendance in Australia ⓘ
influencedBy	British New Wave ⓘ French New Wave ⓘ New Hollywood ⓘ surface form: New Hollywood cinema
language	English ⓘ
notableDirector	Bruce Beresford ⓘ Fred Schepisi ⓘ George Miller ⓘ Gillian Armstrong ⓘ Paul Cox ⓘ Peter Weir ⓘ Phillip Noyce ⓘ
notableFilm	Breaker Morant ⓘ Battle of Gallipoli ⓘ surface form: Gallipoli Mad Max ⓘ My Brilliant Career ⓘ Newsfront ⓘ Picnic at Hanging Rock ⓘ The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith ⓘ The Devil's Playground ⓘ The Last Wave ⓘ
startTime	early 1970s ⓘ
supportedBy	Australian Film Development Corporation ⓘ surface form: Australian Film Commission Australian Film Development Corporation ⓘ state film funding bodies in Australia ⓘ

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Gillian Armstrong → movement → Australian New Wave cinema ⓘ

High Tide (1987 film) → partOf → Australian New Wave cinema ⓘ

Australian New Wave cinema → alsoKnownAs → Australian New Wave cinema ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian film revival

Australian New Wave cinema → alsoKnownAs → Australian New Wave cinema ⓘ