Australian Screen in the 2000s

Abstract

Australian Screen in the 2000s covers the diversity of Australian film and television production since 2000. In this period, Australian film and television have been transformed by new international engagements, the emergence of major new talents, and a movement away with earlier films’ preoccupation with what it means to be Australian. With original contributions from leading scholars in the field, the collection contains chapters on particular genres (horror, blockbusters, and comedy), Indigenous Australian film and television, women’s filmmaking, queer cinema, representations of history, Australian characters in non-Australian films, and films about Australians in Asia, as well as chapters on sound in Australian cinema, and the distribution of screen content. The book is both scholarly and accessible to the general reader. It will be of particular relevance to students and scholars of Anglophone film and television, as well as to anyone with an interest in Australian culture and creativity.