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South Australian Emerging Talent Spotlight: Sonja van Bavel and Clare Elvia

New SA made and SAFC supported Netflix series Territory premieres this week on Thursday, 24 October. The biggest Netflix series ever made in South Australia, with both production and post production taking place here as well as filming in the Northern Territory, the neo-western drama follows a fight for power in the remote and unforgiving […]

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The A Few Dragons team at The Sacred Acorn launch party

SA Game Creatives Spotlight: Keirron Stach of A Few Dragons

In 2019, Keirron Stach and his partner Caitlyn made a video game together. Secret Squirrel was created during a Game Jam – a time-limited event where teams create their games very quickly – and released onto independent game repository itch.io. “Go up against your friends to be the squirrel with the most acorns,” the game […]

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South Australian Emerging Talent Spotlight: Leo Cheung

Leo Cheung is a dentist-turned-video game developer and founder of emerging South Australian studio Paper Cactus Games. Three years ago, Leo Cheung left his job as a dentist to pursue his passion for games, establishing Paper Cactus Games and commencing work on his first video game, Fox and Shadow. Since then, Fox and Shadow has […]

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Star Sandford, image supplied

South Australian Emerging Talent Spotlight: Star Sandford

Star Sandford is a Ngarrindjeri woman and emerging producer living on Kaurna Country in South Australia. With just two years’ experience in the screen industry, Star has already notched up some notable achievements across TV and film, and is a shining example of how hard work and strategic connections can bring about amazing opportunities. Star […]

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South Australian Emerging Talent Spotlight: Lilla Berry

Lilla Berry is a Yankunytjatjara artist and award-nominated film producer living on Kaurna Country in South Australia. The 29-year-old has amassed an impressive list of credits since starting her career in the screen industry just four years ago with the ABC documentary short Deadly Family Portraits: Sansbury Sisters, which she produced alongside her director sister Pearl […]

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SA Game Creatives Spotlight: Dan Freer of Pond Games

From large indie studios to solo developers working across desktop, console and mobile, to creatives working in XR, animation and robotics, South Australia is home to a thriving independent games industry with high international impact. In the SAFC’s new SA Game Creatives Spotlight interview series we explore the diverse range of talent and skills in […]

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South Australian Emerging Talent Spotlight: Sierra Schrader

Sierra Schrader is a First Nations South Australian practitioner on the rise. Getting her start as a Director’s Attachment on SAFC supported Tim Minchin comedy series Upright, and later a Director’s Attachment to Rachel Perkins on hit ABC drama series Total Control, she went on to produce SAFC and ABC digital documentary short Deadly Family […]

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