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Celebrate female screen creatives for International Women’s Day 2025

Celebrate International Women’s Day 2025 with a super showcase of great SAFC supported screen productions made by female key creatives, all available to watch now on streaming services. Find something to enjoy this weekend with our list of SAFC supported feature films and television series with Australian female directors, writers or producers over the last […]

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SA made animated feature Lesbian Space Princess wins at Berlinale

A team of first-time South Australian feature filmmakers has taken out one of the top prizes at the prestigious 2025 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), with animated comedy Lesbian Space Princess winning the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film.  The debut feature of SA co-writer/directors Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese and producer Tom Phillips of We Made a Thing […]

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Meet the Adelaide Studios Tenant: Word Ninjas

The SAFC’s Adelaide Studios isn’t just a screen production facility, it’s a creative hub that’s home to dozens of South Australian screen businesses and screen practitioners. In this ongoing series of SAFC interview profiles, we invite you to meet the tenants and get to know their work. Word Ninjas is all about storytelling. The brainchild of […]

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SAFC farewells Kath McIntyre

The SAFC bids a fond farewell to Industry Development and Training Executive Kath McIntyre, who has finished with the agency this week after four years. A factual director, field producer and screen industry executive with deep connections across all aspects of the South Australian screen industry, Kath joined the SAFC in 2020 as Development and […]

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Apply now: Pitching Intensive for Game Developers

Calling all SA video game developers! Want to learn how to create the perfect pitch for your game?  In the lead-up to the 2025 SAGE: SA Game Exhibition the SAFC is presenting a Pitching Intensive afternoon with Sorcha Millican-Nagle of PlaySide Studios and games business development consultant Jon Cartwright of Game Consulting. Applications are open now […]

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A message from the CEO: 2024 in review

Dear Screen Sector Colleagues, As we come to the end of 2024, I want to take the opportunity to celebrate another wonderful 12 months of production, achievement, and international recognition for South Australia’s screen industry.  A strong pipeline of screen production activity  2024 was a strong year for screen production activity with multiple films and […]

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SAFC announces new staff appointment

The SAFC is pleased to welcome Summar Hipworth to the Production and Development team as Senior Program Administrator. Summar comes to the SAFC with 20 years of experience as a Senior Administrator in the arts across sectors including government, screen and world-leading cultural organisations. Over the past eight years, her focus has been creative sector […]

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SAFC farewells Tyme Childs

The SAFC bids a fond farewell to First Nations Industry Development Executive Tyme Childs, who finishes with the agency this month after two years. Tyme has been a much valued part of the Production and Development team since joining the SAFC in December 2022, developing and delivering industry development programs and key initiatives and growing […]

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SAGE: SA Game Exhibition levels up in 2025 with record number of video games on show

Adelaide’s biggest and most exciting event for video game developers and fans, the South Australian Game Exhibition (SAGE) levels up in 2025 with a record number of new and innovative games on display, and all the free, family-friendly fun you can pack into two days! Now in its third year, SAGE is the biggest event […]

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South Australia’s screen sector shines in 2025 AACTA Award nominations

South Australian screen productions, creatives and talent have shone in the nominations for the 2025 AACTA Awards, receiving 40 nominations across 34 categories. Following an exciting year for television production in South Australia, five SAFC supported series have scooped 15 nominations in the television categories: Stan. Original Series Thou Shalt Not Steal, ABC period drama […]

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