The SAFC was deeply saddened to hear of the recent passing of two practitioners with deep connections to the South Australian screen industry: photographer and cameraman Chris Herzfeld, and Assistant Director Chris Webb. Award-winning photographer, cameraman and lighting director Chris Herzfeld worked on a wide range of films and TV programs for many local, interstate […]

Are you an Australian screen post-production business looking for a workspace with some serious benefits?The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) is currently calling for applications from eligible Australian screen businesses interested in taking up a lease on one or multiple parts of the Adelaide Studios Post-Production Facilities from January 2024. Co-located within the SAFC’s magnificent […]

The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) hosted a special event this week to celebrate the release of new South Australian made and SAFC supported feature film Limbo, with guests of honour writer/director Ivan Sen and star Simon Baker. Filmed in Coober Pedy last year, Limbo stars Simon Baker as Travis Hurley, a detective investigating the 20-year-old […]

South Australia’s flagship low budget feature film initiative, Film Lab: New Voices has greenlit its second feature film for production. Animated comedy Lesbian Space Princess, written and directed by Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese and produced by Tom Phillips (We Made A Thing Studios), will commence production in June 2023. Film Lab: New Voices […]

Applications are now open for the SBS Emerging Writers’ Incubator, a nationwide initiative supporting the development of historically under-represented screenwriting talent in the Australian screen sector. In its third year in 2023, the initiative will be delivered in partnership with Screen Australia, the SAFC and other state agencies Screen NSW, Screen Queensland, Screen Tasmania, Screenwest […]

Join the SAFC in celebrating Reconciliation Week 2023 with a special screening of South Australian made and SAFC supported documentary Close to the Bone, followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Jared Thomas, Malcolm McKinnon and Mike Brown that will be facilitated by award-winning First Nations cultural arts leader Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin. Where: Adelaide Studios, 1 Mulberry Road Glenside SA 5065. When: Wednesday 31 […]

The SAFC welcomes this week’s announcement of Federal Budget measures for the screen industry, including an increase to the Federal Location Offset to 30%, funding for national broadcasters ABC and SBS, and investment in screen industry education and training.The Government’s announcement of an additional $112.3 million to boost the Location Offset rebate to 30% will […]