Picnic At Hanging Rock, Muriel's Wedding, Priscilla, My Brilliant Career, Strictly Ballroom, Mad Max, Gallipoli, Dead Calm, The Castle. The list is seemingly endless when it comes to naming some of the the quintessentially Australian movies we - and the rest of the world - have loved.

Julia Ormond as Magda Szombatheli, one of Bruce Beresford's Ladies In Black about to be immortalised on the silver screen. Credit:Sony Pictures

Clearly we have a rich cinematic history, but what about our future?

When it comes to films made by Australians, telling Australian stories, being acted by Australians and celebrating everything from our cultural idiosyncrasies to the broadest of our accents, so far 2018 has not been a vintage year.

Hopes were high when Stephan Elliott, the man behind the timeless classic Priscilla, presented his ambitious Swinging Safari.