Cinema of Australia
The cinema of Australia had its beginnings with the 1906 production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, arguably the world's first feature film. Since then, Australian crews have produced many films, a number of which have received international recognition. Many actors and filmmakers with international reputations started their careers in Australian films, and many of these have established lucrative careers in larger film-producing centres such as the United States.
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| No. of screens | 2,210 (2017) |
| • Per capita | 10.1 per 100,000 (2017) |
| Main distributors | Village Roadshow/Warner Bros. (26.0%) Paramount (19.0%) 20th Century Studios (Disney) (12.0%) |
| Produced feature films (2017) | |
| Total | 55 |
| Fictional | 35 (63.6%) |
| Animated | 0 (0%) |
| Documentary | 20 (32.7%) |
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Commercially successful Australian films include: Crocodile Dundee, the George Miller's Mad Max trilogy, Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge!, and Chris Noonan's Babe. Award-winning productions include Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli, The Tracker, Shine and Ten Canoes.
Cinema in Australia is subject to censorship, called classification. Films may be refused classification, which means they are effectively banned.