Award winning filmmaker, acclaimed for large scale, multi-screen video installations, Amos Gebhardt was today announced as the recipient of the inaugural Adelaide Studios Artist Residency. Gebhardt takes up the Residency in 2019 with the aim to create a sensorial moving image experience on the theme of survival, using audio diaries, dance, slow motion and underwater photography, to be […]
Kodi Smit-McPhee (ALPHA, X-MEN APOCALYPSE) and Ryan Kwanten (RED HILL, TRUE BLOOD) have signed on to star in “2067” – an elevated climate fiction movie telling the story of humanity’s last attempt at saving mankind. They join a stellar cast that includes THE SAPPHIRES’ Deborah Mailman, Sundance hit KILLING GROUND’S Aaron Glenane, Damian Walshe-Howling (MYSTERY […]
South Australia’s screen industry achieved a record share of national screen production expenditure in the 17-18 year, more than trebling from 3% to 10% in just twelve months, as it experienced its third consecutive year of growth according to Screen Australia’s National Drama Report. The new record of $82 million in spend in the State […]
Deadly Family Portraits, a new production initiative to celebrate and showcase the depth of artistic talent among Aboriginal families and emerging Aboriginal filmmakers was launched today by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), ABC Arts iView and Arts South Australia. The Deadly Family Portraits series will present the compelling stories of three outstanding Aboriginal families, […]
Minister for Industry and Skills, the Hon David Pisoni today unveiled the plaque which officially names The Gil Brealey Sound Stage at Adelaide Studios after founding Director and Chair of the South Australian Film Corporation, the late Gil Brealey, a great visionary who is credited with creating the strong foundation for our industry that continues […]
SAFC announced the recipient of the inaugural Lottie Lyell Award and prize of $20,000 as Shalom Almond, to develop her bold new multi-faceted, multi-platform project, Through Prisoner Eyes. This new award was launched to commemorate Lottie Lyell’s trail-blazing impact on the industry, 100 years after she and Raymond Longford established South Australia’s first production company, […]
The Wheeler Centre and the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) announced a new three-year partnership for The Next Chapter writers’ scheme, Opening Scene, an opportunity to introduce The Next Chapter writers to Australia’s top producers. The Wheeler Centre’s Head of Publishing, Sophie Black and SAFC CEO Courtney Gibson were joined by one of the recently announced recipients of The Next Chapter writers’ scheme, […]
The Raising Films Australia Screen Industry Survey report, Honey, I Hid the Kids!: Experiences of parents and carers in the Australian Screen Industry released today reveal significant challenges to being a working parent or carer in the screen industry, with 74% of respondents reporting the impact of caring work on their role in the industry as negative. […]
Doculab 2018, a new initiative supporting the development of a range of documentary and factual projects in South Australia, was launched today by the South Australian Film Corporation in conjunction with Screen Australia’s Screen Sector Development Program. Doculab 2018 is an intensive three day lab for six teams of factual screen-makers – mid-career and experienced […]
Accomplished performer, improviser, composer and arranger known for Zephyr Quartet and Golonka! Belinda Gehlert has been selected as the recipient of the first She Shoots, She Scores professional mentorship working as attachment to multi-award winning musician, performer, screen composer and former member of The Go-Betweens Amanda Brown (Look Both Ways, Red Obsession, Grace Beside Me and The […]
