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View SAFC supported screen productions made in South Australia from 1975 to today.

This showcase includes feature film, television series, short film and documentary productions filmed, produced and/or post-produced in South Australia, as well as South Australian made video games.

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Aussie Snake Wranglers S3 (2023), image courtesy Breakout Productions

AUSSIE SNAKE WRANGLERS S3

Breakout Productions (SA)

IN PRODUCTION — Series 3 of Aussie Snake Wranglers is packed full of remarkable snake species, picturesque new locations and plenty of adrenaline filled action. In 8 x 30min heart-pounding episodes audiences will get an all-access pass into one of Australia’s most dangerous occupations – snake catching! Around Australia teams of elite snake catchers answer hundreds of distress calls from everyday Aussies whose homes have been invaded by these formidable reptiles. Snake catchers go head-to-head with an enormous red bellied black snake in Sydney’s inner suburbs, discover a rarely seen species in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, put their wrangling skills to the ultimate test with highly venomous, eastern browns snakes in South Australia and encounter many unpredictable and deadly situations.

PRODUCER: Colin Thrupp (SA)

DIRECTOR: Steven Geddes (SA)



TOP END BUB

Goalpost Pictures

The sequel to hit Australia film Top End Wedding, Top End Bubpicks up with Lauren, a dynamic Indigenous lawyer ticking off life goals in Adelaide. She’s married to Ned, a handsome husband who makes fresh croissants – what else could a person need?
After Lauren’s eight-year-old niece becomes an orphan, the show follows the couple reluctantly abandoning their big city goals and moving to the Top End to raise the child. While Lauren and Ned juggle the responsibility of becoming unexpected parents and try to keep their marriage together, Lauren must come to terms with her responsibilities within her culture as she transforms from an individualist to a linchpin of her family.

DIRECTOR: CHRISTIAAN VAN VUUREN, SHARI SEBBENS

WRITER: MIRANDA TAPSELL, JOSHUA TYLER (SA)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: ROSEMARY BLIGHT, MIRANDA TAPSELL, JOSHUA TYLER (SA)

MORE INFORMATION: READ THE MEDIA RELEASE


Paul de Gelder stands on a speed boat in the Sydney Harbour.

SYDNEY HARBOUR: SHARK INVASION

Breakout Productions (SA)

After a recent spike in shark attacks, former Navy diver and shark attack survivor, Paul De Gelder, returns home to Sydney to understand why bull sharks are invading the harbour. With the help of shark conservationist, Madison Stewart, Paul’s search for answers takes him back to the murky depths of Sydney Harbour, a place he hasn’t dived since a bull shark too his arm and leg fifteen years ago!

PRODUCER: Colin Thrupp (SA), Steve Geddes (SA), Lana Thrupp (SA)

DIRECTOR: Colin Thrupp (SA)


RFDS cast in front of a Royal Flying Doctor Service plane

RFDS S3

Endemol Shine, Seven Network

Based on the heroic real-life stories of doctors, nurses, pilots and support staff of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Season 3 picks up one year later, as the RFDS family is forced to grapple with the fallout of choices as they deal with the domino effects of a tragedy. This year the team will face their toughest obstacles yet, forcing them to make big decisions about what they want their lives to be and who they want to share them with. Stars Emma Hamilton, Stephen Peacocke, Rob Collins, Justine Clarke, Ash Ricardo, Emma Harvie, Rodney Afif, Jack Scott, Sofia Nolan and Thomas Weatherall.

PRODUCER: Lisa Scott (SA)

WRITER: Ian Meadows

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Sara Richardson, Julie McGauran, Ian Meadows

MORE INFORMATION: Read the media release


Anthony Frith at The Asylum production company

MOCKBUSTER

The Asylum, a notorious US production house known for producing “mockbusters” – low-budget films created to exploit the publicity of upcoming major releases – have tasked Anthony to direct a feature-length mockbuster in Australia with only a micro-budget and a six-day shoot – a challenge that will push him and his crew to their limits.

PRODUCER: Sandy Cameron (SA), David Elliot-Jones, Naomi Ball

DIRECTOR: Anthony Frith (SA)

WRITER: Anthony Frith (SA), Sandy Cameron (SA)


A man in a cap faces a brick wall covered in newspaper clippings and documents. He is adding something to the wall.

TROUBLEMAKER

Run Wild Productions (SA), Media Stockade

This feature documentary follows massacre survivor Wendy Scurr and South Australian writer/director Jared Nicholson (Starting from Scratch), as they slip down the rabbit hole of paranoia in a desperate search for solace and truth.

PRODUCER: Rebecca Barry, Scott Baskett (SA), Madeleine Hetherton-Miau, Chris Kamen

DIRECTOR: Jared Nicholson (SA), Ben Lawrence

WRITER: Jared Nicholson (SA)


A young woman clutches a man who holds onto her as she screams. Black liquid pours out of her mouth.

DIABOLIC

Sunjive Studios/Empire Road Pictures (SA)

IN PRODUCTION — A woman’s hope for a miracle cure turns into a nightmare when she confronts the vengeful spirit of a cursed witch, determined to claim her as a vessel for her evil power.

PRODUCER: Silvio Salom, Daniel J. Phillips (SA), Mark Patterson (SA), Grant Hardie, Vasili Papanicolou

DIRECTOR: Daniel J. Phillips (SA)

WRITER: Daniel J. Phillips (SA), Mike Harding


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THE FOX

Causeway Films, Protagonist Pictures

In this dark comedic folktale, an affable foxhunter encounters a shape-shifting fox who offers him an opportunity to transform his partner into the perfect woman and in doing so take control of the natural world.

PRODUCER: Sam Jennings, Kristina Ceyton, Carly Maple (SA)

DIRECTOR: Dario Russo (SA)

WRITER: Dario Russo (SA)


A woman holding a baby stands in a wheat field with wind turbines in the distance.

THE RUN

Arterial Films (SA)

IN PRODUCTION — In a dystopian, post-pandemic world crippled by a global fertility crisis, an ageing smuggler struggles to protect a runaway teenager and her newborn baby from ruthless criminals, while trying complete his run for his vicious employers.

PRODUCER: Chloe Gardner (SA)

DIRECTOR: Stephen De Villiers (SA)

WRITER: Stephen De Villiers (SA)


Tilda Cobham Hervey.

IT'S ALL GOING VERY WELL NO PROBLEM AT ALL

Mad Ones, Minor Realm

Tilda Cobham-Hervey stars as Audrey, a young artist teetering on the edge of a quiet collapse, who finds solace and understanding through a profound connection with Harold, an elderly resident at the care home where she works.

PRODUCER: Tilda Cobham-Hervey (SA), Liam Heyen, Dev Patel, Jomon Thomas

DIRECTOR: Tilda Cobham-Hervey (SA)

WRITER: Tilda Cobham-Hervey (SA)

CO-PRODUCER: Carly Maple (SA)

MORE INFORMATION: Read the media release



PENNY LANE IS DEAD

Sanctuary Pictures, Buffalo Media, Cyan Films (SA)

During a sweltering Australian summer in 1986, a carefree night at a beach house turns deadly when a prank spirals out of control, leaving three teenage best friends to fight for their lives. Penny Lane is Dead is a wild, blood-soaked descent into love, betrayal and survival.

PRODUCER: Julie Ryan (SA), Ari Harrison, Andre Lima, Carly Maple (SA)

DIRECTOR: Mia’Kate Russell

WRITER: Mia’Kate Russell

MORE INFORMATION: Read the media release


My Brilliant Career, courtesy Netflix. Photo by Ian Routledge/Netflix

MY BRILLIANT CAREER

Jungle Entertainment

The Netflix drama series adaptation of Miles Franklin’s beloved Australian novel My Brilliant Career. First published in 1901, My Brilliant Career resonated deeply with a rising generation of young Australian women who longed for the freedom to shape their own destinies. The star-studded cast is led by Philippa Northeast (Territory, The Newsreader) as Sybylla and Christopher Chung (Slow Horses, Blitz) as Harry.

PRODUCER: Paul Ranford (SA)

DIRECTOR: Alyssa McClelland

WRITER: Liz Doran

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Chloe Rickard, Liz Doran, Alyssa McClelland

MORE INFORMATION: Read the media release

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Cate Blanchett in Stateless, image credit Ben King

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Image: Cate Blanchett in Stateless (2020), photo by Ben King