Screentime, a Banijay Group company, has been commissioned by Netflix and the ABC to produce a six hour drama series entitled PINE GAP. Created by showrunner Greg Haddrick and co-writer Felicity Packard, the international political thriller is set in and around the enigmatic US/Australia joint defence facility situated in central Australia. With major support from […]
The Heysen Hicks Set Construction Workshop officially opens today, with the purpose-built workshop enhancing Adelaide Studios’ status as a world-class production hub for innovative and acclaimed production. The Workshop has been named after internationally acclaimed filmmakers Scott Hicks and Kerry Heysen, who have both have made an immense contribution to the South Australian Screen Industry. […]
Made in Adelaide’s inaugural Screen Scene program takes over Edinburgh’s renowned Cameo Cinema from 10-13 August with a showcase of award-winning feature and short films that express the unique cinematic vision of South Australia. Now in its second year, the Made in Adelaide program is presented by Arts South Australia at the world’s oldest and […]
Warwick Thornton’s latest feature SWEET COUNTRY has been selected in Official Competition at the Venice Film Festival in September and will have its Australian premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in October, it has been announced. Inspired by real events and starring Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Ewen Leslie, Thomas M. Wright, Natassia Gorey-Furber, Anni Finsterer, […]
Producer turned writer/director Marion Pilowsky (My Last Five Girlfriends, Sleuth) will make her feature directorial debut with comedy The Call Back after securing production investment funding from Fox International Productions, Screen Australia and the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC). It will be distributed locally via 20th Century Fox Film Australia and has received Gender Matters: […]
ABC Arts and Screen Australia have selected four projects helmed by emerging director and producer teams – two from South Australia and one each from Queensland and NSW – to receive Art Bites funding. Each team will receive direct investment of $60,000 from the ABC and Screen Australia to make a 6 x 5 minute […]
Adelaide: Following the phenomenal international success of the three rounds of HIVE, which saw the collaboration of artists from different disciplines create innovative and internationally acclaimed new screen projects, the Adelaide Film Festival (ADL FF) today announced the initiative will continue with HIVE LAB #4 and HIVE FUND #4. The LAB is now open for applications […]
Australia’s leading local streaming service Stan announced today that production has begun in South Australia on season 2 of WOLF CREEK, the highly anticipated second season of its award-winning, smash-hit, critically-acclaimed Stan Original drama series. Director Greg McLean and star John Jarratt continue their hugely successful collaboration in the world of WOLF CREEK, with Jarratt […]
Production on GOING FOR GOLD wraps this week in Adelaide. GOING FOR GOLD is directed, writtenand produced by South Australian Clay Glen and stars American rising talent Kelli Berglund (Raisingthe Bar, Lab Rats). GOING FOR GOLD is Glenpictures’ latest foray into family and childrens films following Raising theBar (2016) which also starred Kelli Berglund in […]
Cannes: The South Australian Film Corporation and Umbrella Entertainment today announced a partnership to give iconic South Australian film and television productions from the 1970s, 80s and 90s, a new life for audiences worldwide. SUNDAY TOO FAR AWAY (1975), BREAKER MORANT (1979), THE CLUB (1980), STORM BOY (1976), MONEY MOVERS (1978) and THE SHIRALEE (1986) […]
