The SAFC is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of documentary producer and former SAFC Board member Susan MacKinnon last week. Susan served on the SAFC Board from 2005 to 2011, was a co-founder and co-executive director of the Documentary Australia Foundation (now Documentary Australia) and a founding member of the Australian International Documentary […]
The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) is pleased to announce the appointment of eight new staff across the agency, addressing a number of existing vacancies in the team and supporting the SAFC’s delivery of its new Strategic Plan 2025-2028 to empower world-class South Australian screen production and connect our state’s diverse voices, stories, artistry and […]
South Australia is set to shine on screen once more at this year’s Adelaide Film Festival (AFF), with the newly unveiled 2025 program featuring a huge selection of South Australian made films, including eight SAFC supported feature films — the most ever in an AFF program — and fourteen shorts. The festival’s 2025 program, which […]
Are you a South Australian-based First Nations person who wants to make a real difference to our state’s screen sector? Call for Expressions of InterestSAFC First Nations Advisory GroupClosing 5pm, Tuesday 7 October 2025 The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) warmly invites Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from SA-based First Nations screen practitioners and members of […]
The world’s largest and most influential video game trade fair Gamescom wrapped up last month in Germany, with a delegation of six SA games studios supported by the SAFC to showcase their work as part of the South Australian games showcase. Running 20 to 24 August in Cologne, Gamescom saw more than 357,000 attendees from 128 countries come […]
The new season of the acclaimed RFDS will land on Seven and 7plus next month — watch the first-look trailer below! RFDS S3, the first season of the TV Week Logie award-winning series to be filmed in South Australia supported by the SAFC, is bringing more than $10 million into South Australia’s economy and creating […]
Calling all early-career and emerging South Australian filmmakers: The Mercury’s Quicksilver Production Funding Initiative is back, with applications open now until 12 October, 2025. Supported by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), the Quicksilver Production Fund promotes the professional development of creative talent by providing funded production opportunities of short form content that demonstrate an […]
South Australian video game developers will be centre stage at the world’s largest digital games conference next week with six local studios selected to exhibit at Gamescom 2025 as part of the South Australian Film Corporation’s (SAFC) South Australian games showcase. Held annually in Cologne, Germany, Gamescom (20-24 August) is the world’s largest and most […]
South Australia’s flagship feature film development initiative, Film Lab: New Voices, has greenlit its third feature film for production – The Debt, an exciting new horror led by South Australian First Nations filmmakers. Co-written by Yankunytjatjara writer Pearl Berry and Piri Eddy, directed by Johanis Lyons-Reid and produced by Yankunytjatjara producer Lilla Berry, The Debt […]
Emerging South Australian producer Megan Adrain has been selected for the Bus Stop Films 2025 Inclusive Producers Attachment Program, supported by the SAFC. A self-described neurodivergent filmmaker, Megan is one of 13 emerging and established producers selected by Bus Stop for an Inclusive Producer Attachment as part of the program, following an overwhelming response of […]
