Ambience Entertainment today announced Academy Award® winner Geoffrey Rush (Shine, The King’s Speech, Pirates of the Caribbean) and Jai Courtney (Suicide Squad, The Water Diviner, Divergent) will star in the upcoming film Storm Boy. A contemporary re-telling of the 1976 iconic family film, Storm Boy will begin principal photography this July across South Australia. Geoffrey Rush will star […]

Following the global success of TV program Chef Exchange, the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) and Minister for Investment and Trade Martin Hamilton-Smith today announced the development of the next big Chinese co-production, Soccer Swap.  Developed in consultation with China’s Qingdao Broadcasting and Television Station and due to be filmed in Adelaide and Qingdao, the […]

Powerhouse Australian comedy production company Princess Pictures has optioned three projects from South Australian writers following a successful South Australian Film Corporation/Princess Pictures Comedy seminar and pitching session for SA writers in February. The seminar and pitch day was structured to provide selected South Australian practitioners with the opportunity to expand their understanding of Princess […]

Screen Australia, South Australian Film Corporation and Screenwest have announced production investment funding for Mother, a thought-provoking sci-fi thriller that brings a dark and electrifying edge to this unique mother-daughter story. Based on an original concept by West Australian director Grant Sputore and writer Michael Lloyd Green, the script was one of the most sought after on […]

Screen Australia and the South Australian Film Corporation announced today that production funding has been granted for In The Blood, a high-concept vampire film to shoot in late 2017. Produced by Trevor Blainey (Noise, Cut Snake) and written by the multi-award winning short film writer/director Nigel Karikari, In The Blood is at it’s core a story of family, […]

The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) today announced the four filmmakers selected for writing residency in the Pirrku Kuu Hub, a dedicated story room for Aboriginal screen makers within the Adelaide Studios’ screen industry creative and business hub.  Pirrku Kuu, a Kaurna term meaning ‘Story Room’, is a key initiative of the SAFC’s Aboriginal Screen […]

The SAFC will be subsiding up to 10 South Australians wishing to attend the 2017 Australian International Documentary Conference at ACMI in Melbourne.Please telephone Vicki Sugars (Ph: 8394 2026) to discuss whether you qualify for the subsidy. If eligible, SAFC will request a receipt of your registration to the Conference and an invoice for the agreed subsidised amount.SAFC […]