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Kirsty Stark, Kate Butler and Julie Kalceff at the 2022 Children's and Family Emmy Awards in Los Angeles

SA made First Day honoured with second Emmy Award nomination

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The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) congratulates the entire team behind ground-breaking South Australian made and SAFC supported children’s series First Day on its nomination for Outstanding Young Teen Series at the inaugural Children’s and Family Emmy Awards. First Day‘s South Australian producers Kirsty Stark of Epic Films and Kate Butler of KOJO Studios, and […]

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SAFC Board members Angela Heesom, Shouwn Oosting and Lauren Hillman

New SAFC board members and interim presiding member appointed

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The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) board will be strengthened by the addition of three new business and screen leaders and the appointment of an interim Chair following the resignation of Julie Cooper this month. The new board members, appointed until 7 December 2025, are: Current board member Miriam Silva AM has been appointed interim […]

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A message from the CEO: 2022 in review

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Dear Screen Sector Colleagues, As 2022 draws to a close, I want to take the opportunity to celebrate the many achievements of the South Australian screen sector in what has been another year of historic milestones and record-breaking achievement. This year South Australia’s screen industry achieved record levels of production activity and international recognition, providing […]

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Sundance 2023: Run Rabbit Run and Talk to Me

Two South Australian films selected for Sundance Film Festival 2023

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Two South Australian made and SAFC supported films will premiere at the prestigious 2023 Sundance Film Festival, it has been announced today. Run Rabbit Run from director Daina Reid, written by award-winning SA author Hannah Kent, starring SA’s Sarah Snook and filmed in South Australia’s Riverland and Talk to Me, the feature directorial debut for SA directors […]

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AACTAs 2022: Sean Harris in The Stranger, Anna Lindner in A Beginner's Guide to Grief, Jamie Dornan in The Tourist

South Australia shines at 2022 AACTAs

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South Australian screen creatives and SAFC supported productions have shone at the 2022 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards, an annual celebration of the best in Australian screen. Held over two nights this week in Sydney, the AACTAs are Australia’s highest honours for film and television production. In the television category SA […]

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SA made games to play over the 2022 holiday break (L-R) Joon Shining, Star Trek Lower Decks, RITE

Level up these holidays with SA made video games

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With the holiday season approaching it’s the perfect time to sit back and play some great games. South Australia is home to a huge number of talented developers, so we’ve rounded up a short list of games made locally for you to play over the break! This is just a small selection of South Australian […]

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Aswan Reid on the set of THE NEW BOY, Photo by Ben King

Cameras wrap on Warwick Thornton’s The New Boy in South Australia

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Award-winning First Nations filmmaker Warwick Thornton’s spiritual drama The New Boy wraps this week in regional South Australia, with major production funding from Screen Australia’s First Nations Department alongside Fremantle and Gretel Packer’s Longbridge Nominees, who join producers Kath Shelper for Scarlett Pictures; and Cate Blanchett, Andrew Upton, Georgie Pym and Coco Francini for Dirty […]

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