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SA screen industry celebrates another year of achievement

20 December 2023
Members of the SA screen industry celebrated at the SAFC’s 2023 end of year function at Adelaide Studios. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe

This month the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) was pleased to welcome members of the South Australian screen industry alongside SAFC stakeholders, SAFC Board members and staff to Adelaide Studios to celebrate another outstanding year of SA screen industry activity.

Guests included Minister for Arts Andrea Michaels; Member for Bragg Jack Batty; Department of the Premier and Cabinet Deputy Chief Executive (Community, Culture and Place) Alison Lloydd-Wright; Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) Director Mat Kesting and Chair Anton Andreacchio; The Mercury CEO Sarah Lancaster and Co-Chair Kirsty Stark; Adelaide Fringe Director Heather Croall; members of the SAFC’s First Nations Advisory Committee Nancia Guiverra, Nara Wilson and Trevor Jamieson; SAFC Chair Mike Rann AC CNZM and Board members Austin Taylor, Shouwn Oosting, Lauren Hillman, Angela Heesom, Brian Kayes KC and Clara Reeves, and recently retired SAFC Board member Miriam Silva AM; as well as members of Adelaide Studios tenant businesses and many key creatives from across the wider screen industry.

After an inspiring Welcome to Country by Mickey Kumatpi Marrutya O’Brien to open the formalities, Arts Minister Andrea Michaels celebrated the many significant achievements and successes of the SA screen industry in 2023 – read about all of them in our special 2023: Year in Review.

SAFC Chair Mike Rann AC CNZM, who established and launched the SAFC’s Adelaide Studios as one of his last acts as South Australian Premier in 2011, reflected on the success of the facilities over the last decade and the SAFC’s support of the industry over more than half a century, and the ways that Premier Don Dunstan’s vision for a thriving film culture in South Australia have come to fruition. Mr Rann paid special tribute to long-serving SAFC Board member Miriam Silva AM, who stepped down from her role in October after nine years of service.

SAFC CEO Kate Croser concluded formalities by looking ahead to 2024 – another year of strong production activity which will be supported by the SAFC’s new strategic plan.

Check out photos from the event below. All photos by Naomi Jellicoe.

  • SAFC CEO Kate Croser, Member for Bragg Jack Batty MP, Minister for Arts Andrea Michaels MP, SAFC Board Chair Mike Rann AC CNZM. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • SAFC 2023 end of year function at Adelaide Studios. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Guests enjoyed a violet gin and tonic with Adelaide Studios rosemary. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Uncle Mickey O’Brien delivers the Welcome to Country. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Uncle Mickey O’Brien delivers the Welcome to Country. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • SAFC Board chair Mike Rann AC CNZM speaks at the SAFC 2023 end of year function. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Applause for former SAFC Board member Miriam Silva AM. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • SAFC 2023 end of year function at Adelaide Studios. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • SAFC CEO Kate Croser speaks at the SAFC end of year function. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • SAFC staff at the SAFC end of year function. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • SAFC 2023 end of year function at Adelaide Studios. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Minister for Arts Andrea Michaels MP and SAFC CEO Kate Croser. Photo by Naomi Jellicoe.
  • Clare Elvia and Star Sandford. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Heather Croall and Uncle Mickey Kumatpi Marrutya O’Brien. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • David Smith and Sara Longbottom. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Donna Fiegert and Miriam Silva AM. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Elizabeth Little and Nicole Dent. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Fi Kievenaar, Rhys Sandery and Lisa Iona. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Jai Sumner-Koncz, Trevor Jamieson, Mat Kesting and Travis Akbar. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • James Currie and Pete Smith. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Patrick Webb and Onnie Chan. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Katie Abela, Kirsty Parkin and Jackson Michael. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Kirsty Stark, John Decaux and Jasmin Watkins. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Kyle Davison, Bill Northcott and Keirron Stach. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Lara Damiani and Anne Tsoulis. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Lauren Drewery and Beth Neate. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Becc Bates and Callan Markwick. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Luca Sardelis and Liam Somerville. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • SAFC 2023 end of year function at Adelaide Studios. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Madeleine Parry and Alex Knopoff. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Madison Thomas and Eira Swaine and Mat Kesting. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Nara Wilson and Leela Varghese. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Pete Monaghan, Vicki Sugars, Julie de Roeper and Ruth Estelle. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Sarah Wormald and Stephanie Jacklin. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Simon Williams, Tom Phillips and Brendon Skinner. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Tom Phillips and Travis Akbar. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Tracy Romano and Deanna Ortuso. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Travis Akbar, Jai Sumner-Koncz and Trevor Jamieson. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Tyme Childs and Elyse Lawson. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Alison Wotherspoon and Matt Hawkins. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
  • Carly Maple, Shaun Davis, Emma Marshall and Sarah Foale at SAFC’s end of year party at their headquarters in Glenside on Wenesday 6th of December 2023. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe
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