South Australia’s screen industry is being recognised at the highest levels with six locally made films all supported by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) premiering at prestigious international film festivals in coming weeks. South Australian made and SAFC supported feature films Talk to Me, Run Rabbit Run, The Survival of Kindness, Monolith and Limbo […]
South Australia’s screen sector has achieved record-breaking results in this year’s national drama spend, with a total of $144 million spent in the state on drama production and post production in 2021-22 – the state’s second highest year on record. According to Screen Australia’s National Drama Report released today, South Australia’s drama spend is up […]
South Australian made video games created with the support of the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) have been named among the best in the nation at Australia’s biggest gaming expo event, PAX Australia, kicking off today in Melbourne. SAFC supported games Box Knight from Adelaide Studios based company We Made A Thing Studios and Rooftop […]
South Australian First Nations filmmaker Travis Akbar has been awarded the prestigious Centralised First Nations Documentary Australia Fellowship to develop Kuta New Wiltja (Toward New Camp). Now in its third year, the Fellowship is an unparalleled career-boosting opportunity for First Nations documentary filmmakers in the Northern Territory and South Australia presented by Documentary Australia (DA), […]
Production is underway in South Australia’s iconic underground mining town of Coober Pedy on new feature film Limbo from Australian auteur Ivan Sen (Mystery Road, Goldstone, Loveland), produced by Bunya Productions (Sweet Country, Mystery Road: Origin, True Colours). Limbo stars AACTA Award-winning, Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor Simon Baker (Breath, Blaze, The Mentalist, High Ground), […]
A new First Nations led program from Channel 44 and the SAFC, with funding from Screenrights and Screen Australia, will help emerging South Australian First Nations filmmakers to develop and grow their skills in television production. The Channel 44 and SAFC “TV Pilot Initiative” is one of five projects announced today as being supported by […]
Production is underway in South Australia on See-Saw Films’ social thriller The Royal Hotel, written and directed by Kitty Green, with Toby Wallace (Babyteeth, Pistol) announced today as joining the stellar cast. Wallace will star alongside two-time Emmy Award winner Julia Garner (Inventing Anna, Ozark), AFI winner Hugo Weaving (Patrick Melrose, Oranges and Sunshine, The […]
NAIDOC WEEK 2022 – The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) has today launched a new and essential resource for screen production in South Australia – the SAFC’s First Nations Cultural Protocols guide – a practical and informative handbook on culturally appropriate working practices with South Australian First Nations communities. Designed to be provided to screen […]
New documentary Embrace: Kids from internationally recognised body-image advocate Taryn Brumfitt – best-selling author and speaker, and the film director behind break-out 2016 documentary Embrace – is set to premiere in cinemas 1 September, 2022. This time, in this important film, Taryn is talking to school-aged kids and famous friends about body image, bullying, gender […]
Filming is now underway in Adelaide on Monolith, the first feature film to go into production as part of the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) and Adelaide Film Festival’s (AFF) Film Lab: New Voices initiative. Now shooting in the Adelaide Hills, the high-concept science fiction thriller from the South Australian creative team of writer Lucy […]
