Australian independent film

An Australian Independent Film, is an Australian film which is produced without government funding. This does not include deductions in the form of special tax concessions or rebates, but refers to up front financial investment from any local, state or commonwealth government authority, or the state and federal film funding bodies, such as Screen Australia, The New South Wales Film and Television Office, Screen Queensland, ScreenWest, The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and The South Australian Film Corporation.^{[citation needed]}

Australian Independent Films do not include films that would be classed as Studio Films, yet Australia does not have a studio system as such. In Australia the central and most powerful film bureaucracy is the government and the industry is dominated by government-funded films.^{[citation needed]}