Production wrapped in Adelaide today on Season 2 of the ground-breaking and internationally acclaimed children’s series FIRST DAY. The 4-part series stars Evie Macdonald as transgender student Hannah Bradford and follows her experiences in her second year at Hillview High School. Produced by South Australia’s Epic Films in association with KOJO Studios, First Day has […]

In this issue: A message from the CEO on COVID-19 SongHubs SA puts screen in the spotlight SA made snake series set to air on Nat Geo SAFC farewells sound post engineer Carlos First Nations casting call for Firebite Applause: accolades, awards & appointments Not on our mailing list yet? Subscribe now! Images (L-R): Filmmaker Warwick Thornton, photo […]

Calling all South Australian producers, writers and directors: are you thinking of applying for the next round of the SAFC’s Film Lab: New Voices program? Join us throughout 2021 for a special series of film screenings and meet-ups, where you can learn more about low budget film methodology, meet other creatives considering applying for the […]

Dear Screen Sector Colleagues, As South Australia comes to the end of its first full day of lockdown in 2021, I wanted to reach out to you all with an SAFC agency and sector update. We recognise that the COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a public health challenge, and that the current statewide lockdown is […]

After the overwhelming success and popular demand for the inaugural Screen Songhubs held in Los Angles in 2019, music rights organisation APRA AMCOS will host for the first time in Australia Screen SongHubs South Australia, in partnership with the South Australian Government’s Music Development Office.Established and emerging composers and songwriters from across Australia and New Zealand will […]

In this issue: Emmy nod for SA’s Rising Sun Pictures  Taryn Brumfitt doco Embrace Kids green lit Warwick wows SAFC’s NAIDOC Week crowd SAFC welcomes new First Nations advisors National call out for Netflix Attachments Applause: accolades, awards & appointments Not on our mailing list yet? Subscribe now! Images (L-R): A scene from Amazon series The Boys, […]

The SAFC and Screen Australia today announced production investment for Embrace Kids, Taryn Brumfitt’s follow-up to her 2016 break-out documentary Embrace which was released in Australia and New Zealand by Transmission Films and subsequently screened in over 190 countries. This time, the filmmaker, best-selling author and globally heralded activist is turning her lens on the […]