When the Uluru Statement from the Heart was delivered on 26 May 2017, it offered a chance to reimagine Australia as a place of reconciliation, a chance to deliver real change for First Nations people to take their rightful place in our nation. Crucial to the process, and to engendering healing and reconciliation, is truth-telling […]

Applications are now open for the prestigious Centralised First Nations Documentary Australia Fellowship, an unparalleled career-boosting opportunity for First Nations documentary filmmakers in the Northern Territory and South Australia. Now in its third year, the Fellowship is a unique partnership between Documentary Australia (DA), the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), Screen Territory, National Indigenous Television […]

The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) has today launched a bold new plan to boost diverse representation in South Australian screen production, and increase inclusion and diversity in the sector. The SAFC’s Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2022-2032 breaks new ground nationally by setting out comprehensive, quantifiable 10-year targets for the representation of diversity both on […]

South Australia is set to shine at the 2022 Logie Awards, with two South Australian made and SAFC supported productions scoring nominations across multiple categories. Hit Stan, BBC One and HBO Max series The Tourist, produced by Adelaide Studios based SA producer Lisa Scott of Highview Productions, has scored three nominations including for Most Outstanding […]

In February 2022 the Australian Federal Government, through the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications, proposed the introduction of a Streaming Services Reporting and Investment Scheme to incentivise investment in Australian content by large streaming services. The Scheme would require large Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) services to report annually on their expenditure […]

An exciting first-look image has been released for new SAFC supported horror feature Talk to Me, the directorial debut from South Australian YouTube sensation filmmaking twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou a.k.a. RackaRacka, which has recently wrapped production in Adelaide. Cast in the lead role is rising Ivorian-Australian star Sophie Wilde (Netflix / BBC drama […]

The SAFC and Channel 44 are helping even more South Australian First Nations screen creatives to forge new careers in television production with the return of their First Nations Internship Program, which is now also open to tertiary students. Now in its second year, the internship program was launched as part of the SAFC’s First […]