Learn about the social model of disability and how you can best support the involvement of disabled people in the screen industry in Understanding Disability Equality, a special webinar for the South Australian screen sector from the South Australian Film Corporation. Presented by SAFC Disability Screen Strategy Executive Gaelle Mellis, this one-hour interactive Zoom session will cover […]

Australian fans will be able to watch Warwick Thornton‘s exciting new South Australian filmed vampire series Firebite via Apple TV and Amazon Prime thanks to a new Aussie streaming bundle launched today by US network AMC. Available immediately, AMC+ features AMC’s slate of original programming arriving for the first time in Australia, including AMC and […]

In this issue: Feast your eyes on Firebite‘s first-look pics Oscars buzz for SA produced feature film Emerging SA creatives share in $60,000 fund Attachment open on new animated series AFTRS Talent Camp open for applications Applause: accolades, awards & appointments Not on our mailing list yet? Subscribe now! Images: Rob Collins as Tyson in Firebite, Photo […]

Feast your eyes on this: the first-look images from new AMC Studios and See-Saw Films vampire fantasy series Firebite have been released today, showing vampires and their hunters in the South Australian desert. Filmed at the SAFC’s Adelaide Studios and in Coober Pedy in the South Australian Outback, the original eight-episode series stars Yael Stone […]

Mercury CX has announced 10 emerging SA screen creatives will share in $60,000 of production funding through its Quicksilver initiative, funded by the SAFC. The Mercury CX Quicksilver initiative is South Australia’s short film fund for emerging screen creatives. Mercury CX supports these film productions through funding provided by the SAFC. Following a callout that […]

The SAFC bids farewell and thank you to SAFC Board Chair Peter Hanlon, who will be stepping down from the role in December after having chaired his final SAFC Board meeting this week. Appointed SAFC Chair in 2018, Peter will leave the role at the conclusion of his three year term to pursue a new business venture […]

South Australian produced and SAFC supported film When Pomegranates Howl has been selected as Australia’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 2022 Academy Awards.  Written, directed and produced by Iranian-Australian Granaz Moussavi (My Tehran for Sale), and produced by South Australian producer Christine Williams (Deafinition), this unforgettable anti-war drama, which was shot […]