The SAFC’s Adelaide Studios isn’t just a studio facility, it’s a creative hub that’s home to more than 25 South Australian screen businesses and screen practitioners. In this new series of SAFC interview profiles we invite you to meet the tenants and get to know their work. When a global pandemic disrupts the screen industry, […]

In this issue: SA filmmakers share in 2020 Lottie Lyell Award SAFC announces new staff appointments SAFC draft guidelines out now for feedback Epic Games calls for SA creators to get Unreal SA back in production with Aftertaste Grants, opportunities and competitions Not on our mailing list yet? Subscribe now! Images (L-R): Lottie Lyell recipients Fiona Percival, […]

Three South Australian women filmmakers have shared in $30,000 funding to develop their bold and ambitious screen projects as part of the South Australian Film Corporation’s (SAFC) 2020 Lottie Lyell Award, announced today. The Award commemorates pioneering Australian filmmaker Lottie Lyell, widely regarded as Australia’s first female film producer and celebrated actor, director, script writer […]

The South Australian Film Corporation is pleased to announce four new staff appointments: Film producer Julie Ryan has been appointed Executive, Production.Director, producer and screen industry executive Kath McIntyre has been appointed Executive, Development and Industry Development.SAFC Associate Executive, Production Nara Wilson has been appointed Executive, First Nations Industry Development.SAFC PR & Marketing Manager and […]

UPDATE: The consultation period on draft guidelines has now closed. The new final guidelines will be published on Monday 14 September. Subscribe to our mailing list to ensure you stay notified. As flagged in our Strategic Plan 2020-2023 announcement last month, the SAFC will consult with industry on changes to our programs arising out of the […]

Epic Games, a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology, has partnered with South Australian Film Corporation, Film Victoria, Screen NSW, Screen Tasmania, Screen Queensland, Screenwest and Screen Territory to launch an Australia-wide short film competition. The Unreal Engine Real-Time Short Film Challenge encourages creators at any stage of their career to […]

Filming has commenced today on ABC comedy Aftertaste, the first major production to shoot in South Australia since the global shutdown caused by COVID-19. Rachel Griffiths, Wayne Blair and Susan Prior join Erik Thomson in the six-part comedy series from Adelaide’s Closer Productions. Minister for Innovation and Skills David Pisoni said 110 South Australian crew […]