In this issue: Production starts on SA teen drama for Netflix SAFC & AiF bring LA to Adelaide with Charlie’s Beep thrills for SA’s Windmill Pictures Master Apprentice to give SA crew a boost Skilling SA graduates spring into screen work Applause: accolades, awards & appointments Not on our mailing list yet? Subscribe now! Images: Eva Grados, Zoe […]

Production has commenced in Adelaide on the Netflix young adult drama series Gymnastics Academy: A Second Chance!. Written, produced and created by South Australian Clay Glen of Glen Pictures, who also directs, with a series adaptation by Clay Glen and Vanessa Shapiro, and co-produced by South Australian producer Sally Clarke, the 10-episode series is the […]

More than a quarter of newly trained and upskilled South Australian crew members graduating from the SAFC’s Skilling SA program have already secured paid work, as the initiative prepares to wrap its successful pilot program. Launched in May as a pilot for the first micro-credential trial for screen ever undertaken in Australia, Skilling SA has provided tailored […]

The SAFC and Australians in Film (AiF) are bringing Los Angeles to Adelaide with the Charlie’s Virtual Residency, a unique online initiative giving South Australian producers more opportunities to connect with the US film and television industry. Delivered by AiF and supported by the SAFC, Charlie’s Virtual Residency is an online version of AiF’s Los […]

Applications are open now until 13 October for emerging, early career or transitioning crew members wishing to be Mentees in round two of the Master/Apprentice Mentorship Program. Presented by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) and Mercury CX, the Master/Apprentice Mentorship Program pairs experienced South Australian Heads of Department (HODs) with emerging/advancing crew members to […]

Windmill Pictures is thrilled to announced its first television series, Beep and Mort, is now in production with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Screen Australia. Based on Windmill Theatre Company’s award-winning theatre show, Beep , the mixed media series for ABC Kids is also funded by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC). Premier of […]

South Australian writer Ansuya Nathan is one of six screenwriting creatives from across Australia to have been selected as inaugural participants in the Emerging Writers’ Incubator, an initiative from SBS in partnership with Screen Australia and state and territory agencies including the SAFC, and with the assistance of the Australian Writers’ Guild. The Emerging Writers’ […]