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South Australia’s video game sector levels up with new $100,000 Digital Games Fund grants and the return of SAGE: SA Game Exhibition

South Australian video game developers will get a $100,000 opportunity to level-up their businesses with the South Australian Film Corporation’s (SAFC) new Digital Games Fund now open for applications. Building on its support for one of the fastest-growing industries in the world, the SAFC’s new pilot fund is designed to boost the development of original, […]

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Adelaide Studios building, photo by Kelly Barnes

SAFC announces eight new staff appointments

The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) is pleased to announce the appointment of eight new staff across the agency, addressing a number of existing vacancies in the team and supporting the SAFC’s delivery of its new Strategic Plan 2025-2028 to empower world-class South Australian screen production and connect our state’s diverse voices, stories, artistry and […]

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South Australian video game talent goes global as six local studios selected to showcase at Gamescom 2025

South Australian video game developers will be centre stage at the world’s largest digital games conference next week with six local studios selected to exhibit at Gamescom 2025 as part of the South Australian Film Corporation’s (SAFC) South Australian games showcase. Held annually in Cologne, Germany, Gamescom (20-24 August) is the world’s largest and most […]

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The Debt creative team stand in front of the history SAFC building.

South Australian First Nations-led horror The Debt greenlit for production under Film Lab: New Voices initiative

South Australia’s flagship feature film development initiative, Film Lab: New Voices, has greenlit its third feature film for production – The Debt, an exciting new horror led by South Australian First Nations filmmakers. Co-written by Yankunytjatjara writer Pearl Berry and Piri Eddy, directed by Johanis Lyons-Reid and produced by Yankunytjatjara producer Lilla Berry, The Debt […]

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South Australian video game talent to showcase to the world as the SAFC’s SAGE: SA Game Exhibition goes global at Gamescom 2025

South Australian video game developers will be centre stage at the world’s largest digital games conference next month as the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) presents a South Australian showcase at Gamescom 2025 – with applications open now to local developers to join the delegation. Held annually in Cologne, Germany, Gamescom is the world’s largest […]

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Netflix’s My Brilliant Career brings jobs and record investment to South Australia

The Netflix drama series adaptation of Miles Franklin’s beloved Australian novel My Brilliant Career is now in production in South Australia, bringing with it hundreds of local jobs and the biggest economic investment by a TV series ever made in the state. Supported by the State Government through the South Australian Film Corporation’s (SAFC) Screen […]

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Zavier Kartinyeri in Catchin' Mumoo, photo credit Dennis Kraajinbrink.

Three First Nations SA writer/directors go into production under the SAFC’s First Nations Short Film program

Three bold and original short films from First Nations South Australian writer/directors have gone into production in the state, funded through round two of the South Australian Film Corporation’s (SAFC) First Nations Short Film Program. Digital Abyss from writer/director Joshua Barbo, The Secret from writer/director Lilla Berry, and Catchin’ Mumoo from writer/director Dylan Coleman were […]

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South Australian thriller Penny Lane is Dead set to showcase at Cannes

South Australian screen industry capability will be on show at this year’s Cannes Film Festival as international market buyers get an advance look at new South Australian horror-thriller Penny Lane is Dead. With production now underway in Adelaide, including at the South Australian Film Corporation’s (SAFC) Adelaide Studios, early footage from the edgy new film […]

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South Australian writer/director Tilda Cobham-Hervey launches feature film debut with It’s All Going Very Well No Problems At All

South Australian writer, director, producer and actor Tilda Cobham-Hervey is set to launch her feature film directorial debut with It’s All Going Very Well No Problems At All, supported by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC). The drama will be Cobham-Hervey’s first feature film credit as both writer and director, and follows her success with […]

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Thousands flocked to Adelaide’s games super showcase as SAGE 2025 reveals award winners

SAGE 2025 South Australian Game Exhibition announced the second SAGE Awards on Friday night, at the half-way point of Adelaide’s biggest video games event. A record 3,000+ people attended the expo at Adelaide Studios over the weekend to play and experience the best in South Australian-made video games, and meet the talented people behind them […]

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