Cultural relevance is constantly cited as the key reason for maintaining a government supported film and television industry in Australia, but when it comes to local feature films this is empty rhetoric. Independent producers making features that express an Australian sensibility face huge obstacles. The challenges begin in script development, continue through financing and end in a distribution and exhibition system that stymies profitability and access to Australian audiences. Since it was founded in 2007, Screen Australia, the country’s premier film funding agency, has played an instrumental role in systematizing and entrenching these obstacles with policies and programs that promote global and commercial goals. Given current government and film agency policy settings, the future of the local arm of the feature industry dedicated to telling Australian stories looks increasingly bleak.

人们一直认为文化相关性是维持澳大利亚政府支持的影视产业的关键原因，但是当涉及到本地故事片时，这是空话。独立制作人制作表达澳大利亚敏感性的影片时面临着巨大的障碍。挑战始于剧本的开发，融资的持续，结束于阻碍获利能力和澳大利亚观众接触的发行和展览系统。自2007年成立以来，澳大利亚首要的电影资助机构Screen Australia通过促进全球和商业目标的政策和计划，在系统化和巩固这些障碍方面发挥了重要作用。根据当前政府和电影代理机构的政策设置，