Australian cinema

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feature film film industry film movement national cinema

Australian cinema is the national film industry and body of film works produced in Australia, known for its distinctive storytelling, landscapes, and contributions to world cinema.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Australian cinema canonical 2
Australia (film production context) 1
Australian film industry 1

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feature film ⓘ
film industry ⓘ
film movement ⓘ
national cinema ⓘ
activePeriod 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
beganInPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
commonTheme Australian national identity ⓘ
Indigenous Australian experiences ⓘ
colonial history ⓘ
mateship and larrikinism ⓘ
migration and multiculturalism ⓘ
rural and outback life ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
distributionMarket domestic Australian market ⓘ
international market ⓘ
governmentSupport federal film funding ⓘ
state film agencies ⓘ
hasCoProductionsWith European countries ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
institution Australian Film Television and Radio School ⓘ
National Film and Sound Archive ⓘ
surface form: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

Screen Australia ⓘ
knownFor contributions to world cinema ⓘ
depiction of Australian landscapes ⓘ
distinctive storytelling ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Indigenous Australian languages ⓘ
majorFestival Adelaide Film Festival ⓘ
Melbourne International Film Festival ⓘ
Sydney Film Festival ⓘ
notableActor Cate Blanchett ⓘ
Geoffrey Rush ⓘ
Heath Ledger ⓘ
Hugh Jackman ⓘ
Jacki Weaver ⓘ
Mel Gibson ⓘ
Nicole Kidman ⓘ
Russell Crowe ⓘ
Toni Collette ⓘ
notableDirector Baz Luhrmann ⓘ
Fred Schepisi ⓘ
George Miller ⓘ
Gillian Armstrong ⓘ
Jane Campion ⓘ
Justin Kurzel ⓘ
Peter Weir ⓘ
Rolf De Heer ⓘ
surface form: Rolf de Heer

Warwick Thornton ⓘ
notableEarlyWork The Story of the Kelly Gang ⓘ
notableFilm Animal Kingdom ⓘ
Breaker Morant ⓘ
Crocodile Dundee ⓘ
Gallipoli ⓘ
Lion ⓘ
Mad Max ⓘ
Mad Max: Fury Road ⓘ
Muriel's Wedding ⓘ
surface form: Muriel’s Wedding

Picnic at Hanging Rock ⓘ
Rabbit-Proof Fence ⓘ
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert ⓘ
The Babadook ⓘ
notableFor often cited as the world’s first feature-length narrative film ⓘ
notableGenre bushranger film ⓘ
horror ⓘ
indigenous-themed drama ⓘ
outback adventure film ⓘ
road movie ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
notableMovement Australian New Wave cinema ⓘ
surface form: Australian New Wave
relatedArtForm Australian literature ⓘ
Australian theatre ⓘ
relatedIndustry Australian television industry ⓘ
releaseYear 1906 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peter Finch → workedIn → Australian cinema ⓘ
Immortan Joe → countryOfOrigin → Australian cinema ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australia (film production context)
Richard Roxburgh → participatedIn → Australian cinema ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian film industry
A Cry in the Dark → partOf → Australian cinema ⓘ