Produced Locally, Designed Globally: Cosmopolitanism in Contemporary Cinema

All too often Australian films elicit a powerful cultural cringe that sees audiences at home and abroad reluctant to revisit our national cinema. Looking at two recent well-received local productions, Samson and Delilah (Warwick Thornton, 2009) and The Waiting City (Claire McCarthy, 2010), Sukhmani Khorana reveals an emerging cinematic culture that delivers local stories for a truly global audience.