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Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat star in Sophie Hyde’s Animals

Award-winning director Sophie Hyde (52 Tuesdays, Life in Movement) is helming a feature adaptation of author-turned-screenwriter Emma Jane Unsworth’s best-selling novel Animals, an unconventional female driven comedy starring Holliday Grainger (Tulip Fever, My Cousin Rachel) and Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development, Search Party).The official Irish/Australian co-production from Vico Films and Closer Productions is currently shooting in […]

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Feature film Awoken to begin shooting in Adelaide

Adelaide, Australia Meridian Pictures today announced that principal photography on feature film, AWOKEN, will commence on Monday, March 5, 2018. Starring Erik Thomson (800 Words, The Black Balloon, Storm Boy), Sara West (Bad Girl, Peter Allen: Not The Boy Nextdoor, One Eyed Girl) and Benson Jack Anthony (800 Words, Emo The Musical), the film marks the […]

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South Australia’s Production Funding moves to grant model, no cap

The South Australian Film Corporation has announced significant changes to the production funding guidelines, moving to a 100% grant model of funding, and removing the funding cap for drama production for both television and features. This simplifies the application and contracting processes for producers and financiers, and makes it easier and more attractive to do […]

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Media giant Technicolor makes Adelaide visual effects capital of Australia

Global entertainment giant Technicolor has today announced plans to establish a 500-person visual effects (VFX) centre in Adelaide, propelling SA as an international film production hub. The investment will complement the newly expanded Post Production, Digital and Visual Effects (PDV) rebate further establishing South Australia as a global centre for visual effects and post production.  […]

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South Australia announces Australia’s most attractive PDV rebate scheme

South Australia’s Minister for the Arts and Premier Jay Weatherill today announced the largest ever direct boost to the SA film industry, with a new un-capped rebate which will strengthen the State’s ability to attract large budget and international productions. South Australia, already renowned for it’s world-class post production houses and facilities, now boasts Australia’s […]

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SAFC attracts Matchbox and Screentime to open Adelaide offices partnering with SA producer or production company

The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) is accelerating its drive into drama series production by partnering with two of Australia’s premier TV drama houses; Matchbox Pictures (Deadline Gallipoli, Glitch, Wanted, The Family Law, Barracuda) and Screentime (The Secret Daughter, Wolf Creek TV, Pine Gap, Anzac Girls, Janet King). Both companies will establish offices in Adelaide […]

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Stan to premiere brand new season of Stan Original Series Wolf Creek on December

Stan has today announced that the critically acclaimed Stan Original Series WOLF CREEK returns for its highly anticipated new season, with all six episodes premiering exclusively on Stan on December 15. In the second season of the smash hit Stan Original Series the WOLF CREEK legend continues with a whole new cast and story. A […]

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Top End Wedding, starring Miranda Tapsell, to shoot early 2018

Goalpost Pictures Australia announced today that Top End Wedding, the new feature film co-written by and starring Miranda Tapsell, co-written by Joshua Tyler and directed by Wayne Blair, will go into production early in the new year. Producers are Goalpost’s Rosemary Blight and Kylie du Fresne and South Australia’s Kate Croser (KOJO Entertainment) with Executive Producers Glen […]

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Academy Award® Winner Hilary Swank to star in sci-fi thriller I Am Mother

Academy-Award® winning actress, Hilary Swank, will star in the highly anticipated sci-fi thriller I AM MOTHER, it was announced today. A two-time Oscar® winner for her work in the critically acclaimed Boys Don’t Cry (2000) and Million Dollar Baby (2005), Ms. Swank joins rising young actress Clara Rugaard (Good Favour, Teen Spirit) in the stylish, […]

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South Australian Film Corporation CEO to take on international role

The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) today announced that CEO Annabelle Sheehan will be departing the SAFC at the end of the year to take up the role of Chief Executive of the New Zealand Film Commission. Premier of South Australia and Minister for the Arts Jay Weatherill said “Annabelle is highly regarded internationally, and […]

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