Australian New Wave cinema

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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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instanceOf film movement
national cinema movement
alsoKnownAs Australian New Wave
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 cinema
linked to: New Hollywood
language English
notableDirector Bruce Beresford
Fred Schepisi
George Miller
Gillian Armstrong
Paul Cox
Peter Weir
Phillip Noyce
notableFilm Breaker Morant
Gallipoli
linked to: Battle of 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 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 film revival
linked to: Australian New Wave cinema
Australian New Wave cinema alsoKnownAs Australian New Wave
linked to: Australian New Wave cinema
Australian Film Development Corporation associatedMovement Australian New Wave
linked to: Australian New Wave cinema
Picnic at Hanging Rock movement Australian New Wave
linked to: Australian New Wave cinema
Picnic at Hanging Rock influenced Australian New Wave cinema
Breaker Morant partOf Australian New Wave cinema
The Last Wave partOf Australian New Wave cinema
Newsfront movement Australian New Wave
linked to: Australian New Wave cinema
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith filmIndustry Australian New Wave
linked to: Australian New Wave cinema
The Devil's Playground partOf Australian New Wave cinema movement
linked to: Australian New Wave cinema
Peter Weir movement Australian New Wave cinema
Paul Cox movement Australian New Wave
linked to: Australian New Wave cinema
Bruce Beresford movement Australian New Wave
linked to: Australian New Wave cinema
Bruce Beresford influencedBy Australian New Wave cinema
Phillip Noyce movement Australian New Wave
linked to: Australian New Wave cinema
Donald McAlpine activeIn Australian New Wave cinema
David Elfick knownFor Australian New Wave cinema
Margaret Fink movement Australian New Wave
linked to: Australian New Wave cinema
Margaret Fink notableWork Australian New Wave cinema
Margaret Fink activeInPeriod Australian New Wave era
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Australian cinema notableMovement Australian New Wave
linked to: Australian New Wave cinema