Following a nation-wide call-out and a gruelling assessment process, Screenworks has been able to unearth twelve incredibly talented female filmmakers from across regional Australia who have been selected to participate in Screenworks’ upcoming career enhancement program, The Athena Project. Ruth Estelle, from Adelaide Studios based writing team Word Ninjas, is among those selected for the program , which also includes: BAFTA […]
Adelaide-based producer Gena Ashwell was today announced as the inaugural recipient of Placement L.A., an annual professional placement in Los Angeles for established women producers from South Australia. Placement L.A. was recently announced as a key part of the SAFC’s Gender Agenda, a comprehensive new suite of initiatives designed to address the gender imbalance in […]
Cannes Film Festival Caméra d’Or-winning writer/director Warwick Thornton is set to bring to the big screen Sweet Country – the 1920s tale of an Aboriginal stockman tried for murder. Joined by co-writer Steven McGregor, Sweet Country is Thornton’s highly anticipated return to the director’s chair after the acclaimed 2009 drama Samson & Delilah and 2013 documentary The Dark Side. Of the film’s exploration […]
Filming started this week in Adelaide on South Australian producer David Ngo’s new feature film Rabbit. Rabbit was the winning pitch at the 2015 Melbourne International Film Festival’s 37 South Market where it was selected to attend London’s Production Finance Market and secured initial private funding. Just one year later the film is now in production […]
Regional South Australia is the major beneficiary of a new feature film starring Emmy and BAFTA award winning actor Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, Black Panther, Sherlock, Fargo), which started filming in the State in late August. Supported by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), Cargo, a moving post-apocalyptic thriller, is shooting in South Australia, including the […]
The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) today announced the SAFC Gender Agenda, a comprehensive new suite of initiatives designed to address the gender imbalance in the industry and drive established and emerging South Australian female practitioners forward into the next phase of their career. The initiatives, which focus on a number of areas including leadership, mentorship, attachments and […]
Leading South Australian filmmakers and Hollywood superstars came together in Adelaide to create a major international production, Hotel Mumbai, with filming starting on August 2 and wrapping this week. Screen Australia and South Australian Film Corporation have supported the production, which is injecting millions into the South Australian economy, and has employed a large local crew […]
Boys In The Trees, a feature film shot on-location across suburban Adelaide, and co-produced by Adelaide Studios based Hedone Productions will have its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival on September 9, and screen at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13. Supported by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), Boys in the […]
Five South Australian aboriginal filmmakers have been selected to receive $20,000 each in funding along with mentoring and professional development from some of Australia’s leading film industry figures to make their own short drama. Edoardo Crismani, Isaac Lindsay, Kiara Milera, Thibul Nettle and Dylan Coleman will all receive funding and support as part of the […]
Ambitious screen projects by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmakers will be supported and developed under a new strategy officially launched last night by the South Australian Film Corporation. The South Australian Film Corporation’s Aboriginal Screen Strategy 2015-2020, a first for SAFC, has been developed to build upon a tradition of 75,000 years of Aboriginal […]
