Derik Lynch is a Yankunytjatara actor, singer, dancer, entertainer, writer, director and producer with a passion for screen, whose country is in the remote northwest of South Australia, in the Central Desert. Originally coming from a theatre background, Derik first appeared on Australian screens in 2015 in the SAFC-supported and South Australian filmed two-part series […]

Marcellus Enalanga is a Western Arrernte, Pitjantjatjara, and Warlpiri filmmaker, TV presenter and public speaker from Mparntwe, Alice Springs, now based in Adelaide. We spoke to Marcellus as a part of our NAIDOC Week series profiling and celebrating First Nations screen creatives working in South Australia to discuss his latest project Mob Talks, his other […]

NAIDOC WEEK 2022 – The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) has today launched a new and essential resource for screen production in South Australia – the SAFC’s First Nations Cultural Protocols guide – a practical and informative handbook on culturally appropriate working practices with South Australian First Nations communities. Designed to be provided to screen […]

South Australian animation, experience and game studio Monkeystack’s short film Hike has been selected as one of the finalists across Australia and New Zealand for the second year of Epic Games’ SAFC-supported Unreal Engine Short Film Challenge. The three-minute 3D animated story explores grief, sentimentality and growth in the wake of a tragedy. The short […]

Tammy Coleman-Zweck is a Kokatha and Greek emerging storyteller from Ceduna, on the West Coast of South Australia. We recently spoke to Tammy as a part of our NAIDOC Week series of articles profiling and celebrating First Nations South Australian screen creatives to discuss her career highlights so far, her current projects and what she’s looking […]

As a part of the SAFC’s NAIDOC Week celebrations, we are profiling some of South Australia’s First Nations rising screen stars. Josh Barbo is a Whadjuk-Noongar screen practitioner born and raised in South Australia, currently taking part in the SAFC and Channel 44 First Nations Internship. An emerging screen creative, in the past he’s worked […]

As a part of the SAFC’s NAIDOC Week celebrations, we are profiling some of South Australia’s First Nations rising screen stars – in this case, literally! Since being selected to take part in the SAFC and Channel 44 First Nations Internship in 2021, emerging screen creative and Ngarrindjeri woman Star Sandford has already risen through the […]