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🚨OPPORTUNITY ALERT!🚨 Calling all SA video game devs! Want to level up your skills and learn the ins and outs of Unreal E...
08/01/2026

🚨OPPORTUNITY ALERT!🚨 Calling all SA video game devs! Want to level up your skills and learn the ins and outs of Unreal Engine? In the lead-up to the 2026 SAGE: SA Game Exhibition, the SAFC is pleased to welcome Epic Games to connect with SA game developers at a free networking and presentation event on Thursday 5 February.

Learn more and register 👇

Calling all South Australian game developers: Want to level up your skills and learn the ins and outs of Unreal Engine?   In the lead-up to the 2026 SAGE: SA Game Exhibition, the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) is pleased to welcome Epic Games Senior Software Engineer Jack Condon and Senio...

Congratulations to the eight SA made short films heading to Flickerfest, including three supported by the SAFC's First N...
07/01/2026

Congratulations to the eight SA made short films heading to Flickerfest, including three supported by the SAFC's First Nations Short Film Program and three supported by the SAFC through The Mercury's Quicksilver initiative:

🎬 THE SECRET (writer/director Lilla Berry, producer Piri Eddy)
🎬 CATCHIN' MUMOO (writer/director Dylan Tabiltja Coleman, producer Gregory John Read)
🎬 SECOND CHANCE (writer/director Thibul Nettle, producer Tim Harkness)
🎬 I'M THE MOST RACIST PERSON I KNOW (writer/director Leela Varghese, producer Suriyna Sivashanker)
🎬 ALPHA TEST (writer/director Stephen Packer, producer Adam Camporeale)
🎬 BOY ON FIRE (writer/director Alies Sluiter, producer William Littleton)
🎬 THE WAY OF THE WIND (writer/director/producer Nicholas Burt, producer Jack Langford)
🎬 RUN KOALA RUN (writer/director/producer James Calvert, producer Ari Chand)

You can also catch SA based filmmaker Warwick Thornton's 2002 short MIMI as part of the festival's 35th Anniversary Retrospective. See the full program below 👇

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🎾NEWS!🎾 SAFC supported documentary BALLKIDS from SA production company Run Wild Productions and Mischief Media Media is ...
05/01/2026

🎾NEWS!🎾 SAFC supported documentary BALLKIDS from SA production company Run Wild Productions and Mischief Media Media is now available on Netflix ANZ after being acquired by the streamer. Directed and produced by SA's Scott Baskett, the film, which received development funding from the SAFC, follows the sweaty journey of the country’s best ballkids as they vie for the highly-coveted finals spots at the Australian Open.

Watch the trailer now 👀

Netflix has acquired Run Wild Productions and Mischief Media’s 'Ballkids', a documentary that follows the country’s best tennis ballkids.

🎉 That's a wrap on 2025 and the SAFC is celebrating another wonderful year of production, achievement and international ...
24/12/2025

🎉 That's a wrap on 2025 and the SAFC is celebrating another wonderful year of production, achievement and international recognition for SA's screen industry. Head to the SAFC website for CEO Kate Croser's 2025 Year in Review PLUS see the photos from our end of year celebration held earlier this month: https://www.safilm.com.au/latest-news/a-message-from-the-ceo-2025-in-review

📆 The SAFC offices are closed from Thursday 25 December, 2025, reopening Friday 2 January, 2026.

🚨OPPORTUNITY ALERT!🚨 Calling all emerging SA factual and unscripted crew members! Applications are now open for a paid s...
23/12/2025

🚨OPPORTUNITY ALERT!🚨 Calling all emerging SA factual and unscripted crew members! Applications are now open for a paid six week Factual Associate Producer / Researcher Attachment on an upcoming TV series (running 27 January to 13 March 2026). Be quick, applications close 8 January. Find out more and apply online: https://www.safilm.com.au/work-in-the-screen-industry/

📣NEWS!📣 Production is underway in South Australia on RUBY, RUBY, a new supernatural horror feature from SA writer/direct...
18/12/2025

📣NEWS!📣 Production is underway in South Australia on RUBY, RUBY, a new supernatural horror feature from SA writer/director Ursula Dabrowsky and Antony I. Ginnane. Supported by the SAFC and in association with Head Gear Films and Arterial Films, Ruby, Ruby is inspired by the urban legend of 18-year-old Ruby Bland, who died in 1909 in Kapunda, South Australia – with claims her ghost haunts the town’s St John’s Cemetery. Read the full announcement for casting details and more:

Production is now underway in South Australia on Ruby, Ruby, a new supernatural horror feature film from SA writer/director Ursula Dabrowksy and producer Antony I. Ginnane. Supported by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) and in association with Headgear Films and Arterial Films, Ruby, Ruby...

17/12/2025

📣NEWS!📣 The SAFC's SA Game Exhibition is levelling up with a massive 41 SA made video games selected for SAGE 2026! Now in its fourth exciting year, SAGE is the state's premier event championing for the local game development industry, taking over Adelaide Studios as part of the Adelaide Fringe on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 February, 2026.

This free, family-friendly event features:

🎮 A record 41 SA made video games from local developers and studios across the Main and Elevate Showcases
👾 15 new game studios showcasing at SAGE for the first time
👀 Exclusive first-looks at awesome unreleased SA made games
💡 Informative displays from partner organisations across industry, education and more
💭 The return of the “SAGE Advice” program of talks and panel discussions featuring local game developers and national industry experts
🍔 The popular Refuel Zone featuring food trucks and refreshments
🕹️ ...and more! And it's all FREE!

See all the selected exhibitors: https://www.safilm.com.au/latest-news/sage-sa-game-exhibition-returns-in-2026-with-record-number-of-video-games-on-show/

SAGE 2026 is proudly supported by Platinum Sponsor Big Ant Studios.

Thanks to SAGE Media Partner Channel 44 for the video.

📢NEWS!📢 The Mercury has just announced over $150,000 funding for six original short films from 14 diverse SA screen crea...
17/12/2025

📢NEWS!📢 The Mercury has just announced over $150,000 funding for six original short films from 14 diverse SA screen creatives through the Quicksilver Production Fund, supported by the SAFC. This year the initiative received additional support from Country Arts SA, enabling greater opportunities for regional and First Nations filmmakers.

🎬 ASTRO GATO – writer/director Reginald Ashman, writer/producer Manuel Ashman, producer Justina Ashman
🎬 BATTLE OF THE ANCESTORS – writer/director/producer Natasha Wanganeen, producer Isaac Coen Lindsey
🎬 HERA – writer/director Hannah Moore, producer Jarrah Murphy
🎬 ONE MAN'S TREASURE – writer/director Alice Yang, producer Stephen de Villiers
🎬 THE FISH ROTS FROM THE HEAD – director/producer Nick Muecke, writer Luca Sardelis, producer Alex O'Neil
🎬 VERMIN – writer/director/producer Travis Akbar, producer Sierra Schrader

Following an impressive and highly competitive round of submissions, six original short films from 14 diverse South Australian screen creatives have been selected to go into production through The Mercury’s Quicksilver Production Fund, sharing in $157,500 in funding and professional mentoring supp...

The SAFC is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Australian actor Rachael Carpani, who was well known to Australian...
16/12/2025

The SAFC is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Australian actor Rachael Carpani, who was well known to Australian audiences and to members of the South Australian screen sector for her role in long-running TV drama McLeod’s Daughters. We send condolences to Rachael's family, friends and colleagues. Vale.

The SAFC is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Australian actor Rachael Carpani. Sydney-born Carpani, 45, was well known to Australian audiences and to members of the South Australian screen sector for her role in long-running TV drama McLeod’s Daughters, which filmed in the state with the ...

👏 Huge shoutout to South Australian screen creative Sean Lahiff who edited upcoming Australian horror SACCHARINE – which...
12/12/2025

👏 Huge shoutout to South Australian screen creative Sean Lahiff who edited upcoming Australian horror SACCHARINE – which has just been announced as part of the Sundance Film Festival 2026 line up. Sean is also currently up for an AACTA Award for Best Editing for his work on Michael Shanks' TOGETHER (which premiered at Sundance last year). Congratulations Sean 🎉

Jon Hamm and John Slattery reunite for Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity S*x Pass.

📢NEWS!📢 SA editors and screen works were celebrated this weekend at the Australian Screen Editors Ellie Awards this week...
09/12/2025

📢NEWS!📢 SA editors and screen works were celebrated this weekend at the Australian Screen Editors Ellie Awards this weekend! Congratulations to all the nominees and winners: https://www.screeneditors.com.au/awards-accreditation/ellieawards/ 👏

✂️ Emma McGavisk won Best Editing in Open Content for Kumarangk: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge
✂️ SAFC supported short film I'm The Most Racist Person I Know won Best Editing in a Short Drama
✂️ Karryn de Cinque received her ASE accreditation, representing a high level of respect, craft and creativity

📸 Emma McGavisk and Karryn de Cinque at the Ellie Awards, photos by Julia Firak

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About the SAFC

Building and shaping the South Australian film industry for more than 40 years, the SAFC remains the most experienced screen agency in Australia.

We focus on the development, support and promotion of South Australia’s screen industries, partnering with filmmakers, production and post-production companies that can contribute to the growth of the industry, and ensuring South Australia remains an attractive location for the filming and production of world-class content for film, television and online.

Our purpose-built Adelaide Studios facilities in Glenside feature two state of the art sound stages, Australia’s only certified Dolby Premier 7.1 Mixing Theatre, a foley stage, sound edit suites and a 100-seat screening theatre, as well as production offices and a set construction workshop.

The studios also function as a creative hub for more than 25 South Australian screen businesses and screen practitioners whose reputation for the creation of quality screen content across film, television and digital platforms continues to grow nationally and internationally.