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The Australian Film Development Corporation is founded. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Australia 1971: Other Films of Note |
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Outback (aka Wake in Fright) (Ted Kotcheff) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Stork (Tim Burstall) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Walkabout (Nicholas Roeg) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1972 | ||||
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The federal Tariff Board launches an enquiry into the country's film and television industry [MORE] [ADD] |
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Australia 1972: Other Films of Note |
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The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (Bruce Beresford) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The federal Tariff Boards report on the film and television industry recommends extensive restructuring of the industry in all sectors. Ultimately, only changes to the Australian Film Development Corporation are implemented. [MORE] [ADD} |
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The Commonwealth Film Unit is transferred to the newly created Department of the Media and renamed Film Australia. [MORE] [ADD} |
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The Australian Film and Television School is established with federal funding. [MORE] [ADD} |
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Australia 1973: Other Films of Note |
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Alvin Purple (Tim Burstall) [MORE] [ADD} |
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The Cars That Ate Paris (Peter Weir) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Ken Hannams Sunday Too Far Away premieres as the opening film at this years Sidney Film Festival. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Peter Weirs atmospheric mystery Picnic at Hanging Rock, in which three schoolgirls and a teacher disappear during a school outing in 1900, is released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Australian Film Commission is established, replacing the Australian Film Development Corporation. [MORE] [ADD] |
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The first government-sponsored delegation attends the Cannes Film Festival. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Greater Union resumes investment in local features. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Hoyts open a seven-screen cinema on George Street in Sydney. [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Federal parliament creates the Womens Film Fund. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Australia 1976: Other Films of Note |
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Caddie (Donald Crombie) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Fred Schepisi's The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, in which Tommy Lewis plays a half-caste aborigine, is released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Experimental Film Fund is replaced by the Creative Development Fund of the Australian Film Commission. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Australia 1978: Other Films of Note |
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The Last Wave (Peter Weir) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Picture Show Man (John Powers) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1979 | ||||
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Gillian Armstrongs debut feature film, My Brilliant Career, is released to critical and commercial approval. Judy Davis stars as a young farm girl who becomes a writer. Sam Neill appears in a supporting role. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Australia 1979: Other Films of Note |
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Mad Max (George Miller) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The government offers tax benefits to film investors, thus transferring the financial burden of film production. The result is a doubling of the number of films financed. [MORE] [ADD} |
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Australia 1980: Other Films of Note |
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Breaker Morant (Bruce Beresford) [MORE] [ADD} |
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The Club (Bruce Beresford) [MORE] [ADD} |
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Manganinnie (John Honey) [MORE] [ADD} |
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Stir (Stephen Wallace) [MORE] [ADD} |