PRODUCTIONS
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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Projector Films (SA)
IN PRODUCTION — Barry Cooper was one of Texas’ top narcotics officers, that is until he turned against the police force: exposing crooked cops, helping addicts evade arrest and picking a one man fight with the War on Drugs.
PRODUCER: Daniel Joyce (SA), David Ngo (SA), Erin Williams-Weir (SA)
DIRECTOR: Stephen McCallum
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)
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
Closer Productions (SA), Mad Ones Films, Viking Film
IN PRODUCTION: Jimpa tells of film director Hannah (Olivia Colman) and her non-binary teenager Frances (Aud Mason-Hyde) who travel to Amsterdam to visit Frances’ beloved gay grandfather “Jim-pa” (John Lithgow). When Frances yearns to stay with Jim for their final year of school, Hannah has to reconsider her beliefs about parenting and confront old stories about her relationship with her father. Also stars Daniel Henshall (The Royal Hotel), Kate Box (Erotic Stories), Eamon Farren (The Witcher), Cody Fern (American Horror Story), Tilda Cobham-Hervey (I Am Woman), Deborah Kennedy (The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart), Hans Kesting (Nr. 10), Zoë Love Smith (Skam NL), Romana Vrede (I Don’t Wanna Dance), Jean Janssens (Campus 12) and Frank Sanders (The Rozettes musical).
PRODUCER: Liam Heyen, Marleen Slot, Bryan Mason (SA), Sophie Hyde (SA)
DIRECTOR: Sophie Hyde (SA)
WRITER: Sophie Hyde (SA), Matthew Cormack (SA)
MORE INFORMATION: READ THE MEDIA RELEASE
Causeway Films and RackaRacka (SA)
IN PRODUCTION — Bring Her Back is the second feature film from Danny and Michael Philippou, the Adelaide-born filmmakers behind the explosive global success Talk To Me. Cast announced include two-time Academy Award nominee Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Billy Barratt (Responsible Child, Kraven the Hunter), Jonah Wren-Phillips (Sweet Tooth), Sally-Anne Upton (Wentworth), Stephen Phillips (The Leftovers) and newcomer Sora Wong.
PRODUCER: Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton
DIRECTOR: Danny and Michael Philippou (SA)
MORE INFORMATION: READ THE MEDIA RELEASE
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)
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
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)
