In this issue: Film Lab: New Voices returns for round two Closer Productions gets a global opportunity New feature film The Mountain gets funding Sun continues to rise on SA’s PDV sector Minister visits Firebite at Adelaide Studios Applause: accolades, awards & appointments Not on our mailing list yet? Subscribe now! Images: The inaugural filmmaking team […]

The State Government has announced that the abolition of Payroll Tax Exemption and Ex-Gratia Relief for the screen industry, which was announced in the 2021-22 State Budget, will be delayed by one year to allow producers to transition to the new arrangements.As part of the 2021-22 Budget the State Government announced that the payroll tax exemption for […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]