This year marks the 50th anniversary of Sunday Too Far Away, the first feature film produced by the South Australian Film Corporation in 1975. Coming just three years after the SAFC was established as the first screen agency in Australia, the critically acclaimed and multi award-winning film heralded an auspicious start for the screen industry […]

South Australian video game developers will be centre stage at the world’s largest digital games conference next month as the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) presents a South Australian showcase at Gamescom 2025 – with applications open now to local developers to join the delegation. Held annually in Cologne, Germany, Gamescom is the world’s largest […]

As the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) prepares to launch its Strategic Plan 2025-28, the agency is strengthening its team with new skills and expertise to deliver on its vision for growing and supporting the state’s screen sector. With a number of recent appointments already made, and recruitment soon to get underway for other roles […]

The Netflix drama series adaptation of Miles Franklin’s beloved Australian novel My Brilliant Career is now in production in South Australia, bringing with it hundreds of local jobs and the biggest economic investment by a TV series ever made in the state. Supported by the State Government through the South Australian Film Corporation’s (SAFC) Screen […]

The SAFC is supporting up to two South Australian screen practitioners from regional and/or remote areas to attend the Adelaide AFTRS Intro to Producing and Screen Business course in June 2025. The course, which is presented by AFTRS in partnership with The Mercury, will run over two days from 28 – 29 June 2025 at […]

Three bold and original short films from First Nations South Australian writer/directors have gone into production in the state, funded through round two of the South Australian Film Corporation’s (SAFC) First Nations Short Film Program. Digital Abyss from writer/director Joshua Barbo, The Secret from writer/director Lilla Berry, and Catchin’ Mumoo from writer/director Dylan Coleman were […]

The South Australian Film Corporation and The Mercury present Behind the Screens with Kerry Heysen AM, an exclusive “in conversation” event with one of South Australia’s most illustrious producers. Go behind the scenes of Hollywood’s screen industry and get an insider’s perspective on film production with acclaimed producer Kerry Heysen AM. One of the most […]