The Story of the Kelly Gang, the first feature film ever made, was released in 1906, and it marked the birth of Australian filmmaking. Since then, Australian crews have produced a slew of movies, several of which have gone on to win international awards. Many performers, as well as filmmakers, began their careers in Australian films, and several of them have gained international acclaim. Others have found more financial success in larger film-producing centres, such as the United States.
The first public cinema screenings in Australia took place in October 1896, less than a year after the Lumière brothers’ world-first viewing in Paris. The Athenaeum Hall in Collins Street, Melbourne, hosted the first Australian exhibition to give alternative entertainment for dance-hall visitors. Crocodile Dundee, Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge!, and Chris Noonan’s Babe are examples of commercially successful Australian films.
Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli, The Tracker, Shine, as well as Ten Canoes are among the other award-winning productions.
Errol Flynn, Peter Finch, Rod Taylor, Paul Hogan, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown, Judy Davis, Jacki Weaver, Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving, Eric Bana, Guy Pearce, Hugh Jackman, Cate Blanchett, Ben Mendelsohn, Anthony LaPaglia, David Wenham, Nicole Kidman, Toni Collette, Rose Byrne, Sam Worthington, Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish.
In Australia, cinema is subject to censorship, known as classification, however, movies might well be refused classification, thus making them illegal.
Due to the unstable as well as cyclical nature of its own activity, Australian cinema critic David Stratton has characterised the country’s movie history as a “boom and bust.” There have been deep troughs, through which few movies were created for decades, and high peaks, for which a plethora of pictures hit the market.
John Gorton, Prime Minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971, established the Australian Council for the Arts, the Australian Cinema Development Corporation, and the National Film and Television Training School as well as other kinds of government support for Australian film and the arts. Gough Whitlam, the Prime Minister of Australia, remained a staunch supporter of the industry. The South Australian Film Corporation was founded in 1972 to promote and make films, while the Australian Film Commission was founded in 1975 to fund and produce movies that compete worldwide.
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