ABSTRACT
More than a ‘film in the film world’, Australian film attaches itself to social domains and becomes a vehicle for social problematization. Such problem-atization is further underwritten by Australian cinema’s close relationship to information orders, weaker participation in international genres brought about by its one-off nature, and its reliance upon social intertexts and national specificities in film-making, marketing and audience uptake. Film-making is a prime domain in which changing socio-cultural problematizations occur, both in front of and behind the camera.
