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Minister for Innovation and Skills David Pisoni with Firebite director Warwick Thornton at Adelaide Studios, photo by Ian Routledge

Minister Pisoni visits Firebite at Adelaide Studios

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Last week the SAFC was pleased to welcome Minister for Innovation and Skills The Hon. David Pisoni MP for a visit to the set of new series Firebite, currently in production at Adelaide Studios. The exciting new vampire series from AMC Studios and See-Saw Films stars Yael Stone (Orange is the New Black), Rob Collins (Cleverman, Extraction) and Callan Mulvey (Avengers: End Game) in leading roles, alongside First […]

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Film Lab New Voices 2021 - back row Pete Ninos, Lucy Campbell, Bettina Hamilton, and Matt Vesely - Front row Georgia Humphreys, Madeleine Parry, Peta Bulsara (Astbury)

Film Lab: New Voices enters second year with new opportunity for First Nations filmmakers

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A new crop of diverse South Australian filmmakers will get a chance to see their work on the big screen, as feature film skills development program Film Lab: New Voices opens for round two with a new opportunity especially for First Nations practitioners. Following on from the inaugural round of the program which began in […]

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Sophie Hyde and Rebecca Summerton of Closer Productions, photos by Jack Fenby

SA’s Closer Productions receives AiF and Screen Australia Global Producers Exchange

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Screen Australia and Australians in Film (AiF) today announced Bec Summerton and Sophie Hyde of South Australia’s Closer Productions as recipients of the Global Producers Exchange, a joint initiative to support established Australian creatives in an increasingly global market by connecting them with key US decision makers and expanding their skills. Global Producers Exchange provides […]

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SAFC Newsletter – 10 September, 2021

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In this issue: MCX Screenmakers kicks off Fresh new podcasts by South Australian First Nations storytellers Vale Mark Hollowell SAFC bids farewell Lesley Bourne and welcomes Ellen Williams Not on our mailing list yet? Subscribe now! Images: supplied; Educator, emerging artist and curator, proud Wangkangurru woman of the Simpson Desert, Marika Davies. Photo credit Jannette Fulham […]

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Educator, emerging artist and curator, proud Wangkangurru woman of the Simpson Desert, Marika Davies. Photo credit Jannette Fulham Photography

Fresh new podcasts by South Australian First Nations storytellers

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Four compelling new Podcasts by South Australian First Nations storytellers have launched across ABC Radio networks and are now available on indigiTUBE, the online media platform by and for First Nations people. The 15min Podcasts, each a unique response to the NAIDOC theme ‘Heal Country’, were developed and produced under a new initiative of the South […]

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SAFC Newsletter – 27 August, 2021

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In this issue: Boost to crew jobs with Master Apprentice Vampire series Firebite fires up in SA with cast SA made dramedy finds success with SBS Take the SA Screen Sector Survey and win! SAFC bids farewell to Lee-Ann Buckskin Not on our mailing list yet? Subscribe now! Images: On set of First Day S2 with 3rd […]

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South Australian dramedy series chosen for SBS and Screen Australia Digital Originals

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New SAFC supported South Australian drama comedy series A Beginner’s Guide to Grief has received production funding from SBS and Screen Australia as the next successful project from the Digital Originals initiative, the two agencies have announced today. Digital Originals is a joint initiative of Screen Australia and SBS created to develop exciting and innovative […]

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