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WATCH NOW: Q&A with Jack Thompson and Matt Carroll on Sunday Too Far Away’s 50th anniversary

15 July 2025

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Sunday Too Far Away, the first feature film produced by the South Australian Film Corporation in 1975.

Coming just three years after the SAFC was established as the first screen agency in Australia, the critically acclaimed and multi award-winning film heralded an auspicious start for the screen industry in South Australia and, indeed, nationally.

Directed by Ken Hannam, produced by Matt Carroll and the SAFC’s inaugural director Gil Brealey, and starring legendary actor Jack Thompson AM in one of the most iconic roles of his career, Sunday Too Far Away is one of the great Australian films of all time.

On 23 May, 2025 the SAFC celebrated the film’s 50th anniversary with a special reception and screening at Adelaide Studios with Jack Thompson and Matt Carroll attending as guests of honour.

Watch the SAFC’s exclusive pre-screening Q&A with Jack and Matt, hosted by ABC Adelaide 891’s Deb Tribe, above, or tune in to Channel 44 on Saturday 19 July at 9.00pm for a special presentation of both the Q&A and the film.

You can also watch Sunday Too Far Away for free – along with a range of other iconic South Australian and Australian films via streaming platform Brollie.

A classic of Australian cinema, the impact of Sunday Too Far Away cannot be overstated. Winner of the 1975 AFI Awards for Best Film and Best Actor for Jack Thompson, and the first Australian feature film selected for the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes, it was a critical and box office success and paved the way for a spate of extraordinary works out of South Australia – including Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Storm Boy (1976) and Breaker Morant (1980) – spearheading the “Australian New Wave” of cinema, and establishing the SAFC as a pioneer in the new world of Australian screen culture.

Q&A filming and production on these videos by Channel 44 Adelaide.