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L-R 2067, photo by Matt Byrne; I Am Mother, photo by Matt Nettheim; Hotel Mumbai, photo by Kerry Monteen

Celebrate Adelaide Studios’ 10th Anniversary on screen

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With two sound stages, production offices, a 100-seat screening theatre, Dolby Premier 7.1 mixing theatre and set construction workshop, Adelaide Studios has hosted production of many high profile feature films since it opened in 2011 including The Babadook, Hotel Mumbai, I Am Mother, Storm Boy and Mortal Kombat and TV series Wolf Creek, Pine Gap […]

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Cast of Gymnastics Academy: A Second Chance! on location at Adelaide Showgrounds, 20 October 2021, photo by Alex Makeyev

South Australian screen production hits new peak in statewide boom

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South Australia is enjoying a new screen production boom, with a surge in locally-led productions resulting in a record number of major feature films and TV series shooting simultaneously in the state. Six major screen productions are currently underway involving more than 400 local cast and crew, creating unprecedented jobs and career escalation opportunities for […]

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Adelaide Studios, rear view - photo by Peter Barnes

SAFC’s Adelaide Studios celebrates 10 years of stellar screen production

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Happy 10th anniversary, Adelaide Studios! On this day in 2011 South Australia saw the official opening of the state’s first purpose-built screen production facilities in Glenside – the new home of screen production in South Australia, and the new home of the SAFC. With two sound stages, production offices, a 100 seat screening theatre, Dolby […]

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Still from First Day, from the SAFC 2020 Showreel

Check out the SAFC Showreel 2021

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The SAFC today launches its 2021 showreel, a showcase of SAFC supported productions from recent years highlighting the depth and breadth of screen industry talent in South Australia. Productions featured in this trailer: 2067AftertasteAnimalsAre You Tougher Than Your AncestorsA Sunburnt ChristmasAwokenCargoChasing WondersDeadly Family Portraits: Electric MimiliEscape from PretoriaFirst Day S1The Flip SideGoing for GoldHotel MumbaiThe […]

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First Day co-producer Kate Butler of KOJO, producer Kirsty Stark of Epic Films with producer and SAFC CEO Kate Croser

SA made First Day wins International Kids Emmy

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Ground-breaking South Australian made children’s series First Day has won Best Live Action Series at the 2021 International Kids Emmy® Awards for global excellence in television. The four-part ABC series about a 12-year-old transgender student navigating her first terms at high school beat entries from the Philippines, Netherlands and Argentina to win the prestigious award. […]

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SAFC Newsletter – 8 October, 2021

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In this issue: Production starts on SA teen drama for Netflix SAFC & AiF bring LA to Adelaide with Charlie’s Beep thrills for SA’s Windmill Pictures Master Apprentice to give SA crew a boost Skilling SA graduates spring into screen work Applause: accolades, awards & appointments Not on our mailing list yet? Subscribe now! Images: Eva Grados, Zoe […]

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Jada Lee Henry (Kyra), Stella Shute (Tess), Zoe Burns (Scarlett), Akira Van (Li), Luciana Valdez Tirdao (Maya), Eva Grados (Alkira) on set for Gymnastics Academy: A Second Chance, image courtesy of Glen Pictures

Production starts in Adelaide on Netflix series Gymnastics Academy: A Second Chance

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Production has commenced in Adelaide on the Netflix young adult drama series Gymnastics Academy: A Second Chance!. Written, produced and created by South Australian Clay Glen of Glen Pictures, who also directs, with a series adaptation by Clay Glen and Vanessa Shapiro, and co-produced by South Australian producer Sally Clarke, the 10-episode series is the […]

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