Rebecca Summerton and Sophie Hyde, the producer and directing duo behind Closer Productions have teamed up with a new drama series for SBS, The Hunt. The series will be Closer Productions’ first long form television drama project with Sophie Hyde directing and Matthew Cormack and Niki Aken (The Secret Daughter) on board to write. The 4 x 54 minute female-centric […]

Big-budget Chinese television drama series If Time Flows Back starring one of China’s biggest stars is due to wrap this week on three episodes set and shot in South Australia. Iconic locations from North Terrace to the Barossa Valley will be showcased to an audience of more than 90 million people via Chinese television and […]

Hi All, As some of you may be aware, the South Australian Film Corporation, the Adelaide Film Festival (including Hybrid World Adelaide), and the screen business more broadly in SA, are being transferred from Arts South Australia to the Department for Industry and Skills. Joining us in Industry and Skills are the Music Development Office, […]

The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) has today launched its Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) for 2018-2019. Our RAP  details our commitment to developing long-term, beneficial and reciprocal partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities in the screen industry. SAFC Aboriginal Screen Strategy Executive, Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin highlighted the importance of the RAP, ‘Reconciliation is a […]

The South Australian Film Corporation is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for an early career documentary producer to join a small documentary shoot in Adelaide in late July with the possibility of an extended attachment with the highly experienced Producer in Sydney. Attachment Position: Producer’s Attachment – 11 weeks commencing 16 July 2018 until […]

Presented by the Australian Directors Guild, The Business of Directing workshop is a two day workshop held in Melbourne from 16 & 17 June, covering everything you need to know to be a professional director. Panel speakers include directors Peter Castairs, Simon Wincer and Fiona Banks along with professional screen practitioners including editors, production designers, cinematographers […]

One of Australia’s leading film and television production companies, Matchbox Pictures, this week opens its South Australian office. The SA branch, based at Adelaide Studios, is headed up by South Australian producer Kirsty Stark who will drive the local development slate in with Matchbox. A respected local practitioner, Stark comes to this newly created Development […]