national cinema
Domestic film industry
National cinema refers to the film industry and output of a particular country, considered as a distinct tradition shaped by local culture, language, and history: French national cinema, the golden age of Japanese national cinema.
Film scholars use the term to examine how movies reflect and construct national identity, often contrasting with Hollywood's global dominance.
The boundaries can be slippery—a film may qualify by funding, director's nationality, language, or setting.
- film industryCommercial moviemaking sector
- film studiosMovie-making facilities
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- migration storiesNarratives about relocating peoples
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
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