The new South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) Chief Executive Courtney Gibson today introduced a suite of initiatives focused on growth that will see the state embracing greater diversity and chasing a larger share of Australia’s screen production market, thereby delivering more jobs into the state’s screen sector.  These new initiatives complement South Australia’s unparalleled incentives, […]

Entertainment One (eOne), Goalpost Pictures Australia, Screen Australia, the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) and The Northern Territory Government announced today that Top End Wedding, a new feature film co-written by and starring Darwin’s own Miranda Tapsell is set to go into production mid-April in Adelaide and then across the Northern Territory. Top End Wedding is co-written […]

With filming currently underway in Adelaide, Netflix and ABC are pleased to announce the superb cast heading up the thrilling six-part drama series Pine Gap.  Set to screen later in the year, Pine Gap stars, Parker Sawyers (Southside With You), Tess Haubrich (Alien: Covenant, Wolf Creek Season 2), Jacqueline McKenzie (Safe Harbour, Romper Stomper, 4400), […]

Adelaide, SA: The South Australian Film Corporation today announced leading industry figure Courtney Gibson as the new CEO of the SAFC. She takes over the role from Annabelle Sheehan and will commence on Tuesday April 3. An accomplished leader in the Australian screen industry, Courtney Gibson has worked at a senior executive level across both television […]

Award-winning director Sophie Hyde (52 Tuesdays, Life in Movement) is helming a feature adaptation of author-turned-screenwriter Emma Jane Unsworth’s best-selling novel Animals, an unconventional female driven comedy starring Holliday Grainger (Tulip Fever, My Cousin Rachel) and Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development, Search Party).The official Irish/Australian co-production from Vico Films and Closer Productions is currently shooting in […]

The South Australian Film Corporation is pleased to announce a callout for two attachments on the feature film Top End Wedding.  The SAFC Crew Attachment Scheme aims to provide film production development opportunities for all emerging South Australian screen practitioners who are interested in furthering their career and skills in the South Australian screen industry. The […]

Adelaide, Australia Meridian Pictures today announced that principal photography on feature film, AWOKEN, will commence on Monday, March 5, 2018. Starring Erik Thomson (800 Words, The Black Balloon, Storm Boy), Sara West (Bad Girl, Peter Allen: Not The Boy Nextdoor, One Eyed Girl) and Benson Jack Anthony (800 Words, Emo The Musical), the film marks the […]