Guardian Australia’s film critic Luke Buckmaster surveys the past 10 years and finds thrillingly varied depictions of Australian life
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Every December the internet is awash in best-of lists, with critics and cultural commentators embracing the calendar year as if it were the only meaningful way of categorising art. And yet who can resist the allure of the listicle? This December offers even more than usual, because it marks the end of a decade.
Surveying the Australian film landscape as I whittled down my selections, the first thing that leapt out were the number of productions that emerged from first-time film-makers: seven in total. Just as strikingly, all except two of these deeply impressive works were helmed by directors who either wrote or co-wrote the script.
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