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Mission impossible? Reconsidering the research into Sydney's film industry

Abstract This article addresses the presence of the large mainly Hollywood productions in the city of Sydney and the perception that there is a marked difference between a film industry in Sydney and a Sydney film industry. Rather than viewing the two figurations of film-making in Sydney as two distinct entities, an approach inspired by Actor-Network Theory (ANT) is deployed, using interview and ethnographic data to argue that if the networks and collaborative connections within the industry in Sydney, and between Sydney and other cities, are considered, Sydney's position within the global film industry becomes clearer. This enables the two differing ‘roles’ of Sydney to be understood as working symbiotically. The first section of the article sketches the underlying literature of the film industry, highlights its preoccupation with economics, and moves on to consider some of the current issues and concerns that emanate from the domestic production industry in Sydney, using interview data gathered in fieldwork conducted in the period October 2004 to June 2005. The debate is ultimately reconceptualized via a focus on the performativity and action of the networks involved in the industry, challenging previous academic literature on the film industry and formulating an argument for the redirection of policy within the Sydney film industry.