A Dense Web of Relationships: How Film Culture Sustains the Screen Industries

Today, conversations about the screen sector are increasingly putting industry concerns relating to commercial success, funding and quantifiable performance to the forefront – much to the detriment of more holistic discussions about film scholarship, criticism and culture. Anne Rutherford undertakes a comprehensive investigation into the shortcomings of this neoliberal tendency and, with discourse strongly influencing action, advocates for an alternative approach.

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theory, scholarship, cultural value, neoliberalism, instrumentalism, audience development, sustainability, literacy, Olsberg, Deloitte, Screen Currency report, Screen Australia, ecosystem, screen ecology, education, quantification.