Trends in the production of Australian films since 1970, and foreign films shot in Australia since 1990

To provide more specific insights into production for different release platforms, Screen Australia re-categorised the titles that contributed to the 2021/22 Drama Report. These changes have been applied to the last five years of data in the report. It is Screen Australia’s intention to apply these new categories to Fact Finders in 2023. In the interim, caution is urged when comparing data to the years prior to 2017/18. Please see the full report (page 4) for more detail on the changes.

All feature films

Number of Australian and foreign feature films produced, total budgets and spend in Australia, since 1990/91
Share of spend in Australia by local and foreign productions
Share of spend in each state
Budget ranges
Titles produced each year since 1997/98

Australian feature films

Number produced, total budgets and average budget per film, since 1970/71
Genres
Sources of finance

About the data

Notes on the sources of data used in this section