South Australian Film Corporation

01/09/2026

📣NEWS!📣 Regional SA screen practitioners Ekkia Evans and Isaac Coen Lindsay are among the 11 participants selected for Screenworks New Kids on the Block 2026, supported by the SAFC! The cohort will receive financial assistance and on-the-ground guidance to attend the Regional to Global Screen Forum in Northern NSW next week. The program includes four SA speakers plus two case studies for SAFC supported projects – check it out 👇

Screenworks has announced two regional South Australian screen practitioners as participants for the 2026 edition of New Kids on the Block (NKOTB), supported by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC). SA creatives Ekkia Evans and Isaac Coen Lindsay are among the 11 emerging practitioners selec...

31/08/2026

THE RUN is now streaming on Netflix – and it's already made it to the Top 10 movies chart in Australia! This SA made and SAFC supported dystopian thriller is the debut feature of SA writer/director Stephen de Villiers and SA producer Chloe Gardner. Congratulations to the whole team 👏 Watch now: https://www.netflix.com/title/82674341

28/08/2026

📣NEWS!📣 MY BRILLIANT CAREER has doubled down on its brilliant ratings success, rising to No.2 on the Netflix global Top 10 chart in its second week, attracting nearly 8 million views across 190 countries! The SA made and SAFC supported Netflix series is currently sitting in the top 10 in 72 countries, including Australia (No.2), the US (No.6), the UK (No.5) and New Zealand (No.2) 👏

The exciting new South Australian Netflix series My Brilliant Career has doubled down on its brilliant ratings success, rising to No.2 on the Netflix global Top 10 chart in its second week, attracting nearly 8 million views across 190 countries!   Following its launch on Netflix across 190 countrie...

27/08/2026

🎬️OUT NOW!🍿 MOCKBUSTER is in cinemas now, with SA writer/director Anthony Frith embarking on a Q&A tour to support the release.

Made in SA with support from the SAFC, MOCKBUSTER follows Anthony's efforts to make THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT – a lost-world dinosaur epic for infamous American B-movie production house The Asylum, filmed in suburban Adelaide in just six days.

★ ★ ★ ★ Guardian Australia

★ ★ ★ ★ "Funny, insightful, and surprisingly inspiring" — The AU Review

"Charming and playful" — RogerEbert.com

Co-written by SA's Sandy Cameron and produced by David Elliot-Jones, Cameron, and Naomi Ball. See it next in Adelaide at Odeon Star Cinemas on Friday, 4 September: https://www.odeonstar.com.au/movie/mockbuster

27/08/2026

🎉NEWS!🎉 Congratulations to the SA made producions and screen creatives who have been celebrated at the Australian Production Design Guild (APDG) 2026 Awards:

🏆️ SAFC supported horror BRING HER BACK won the Production Design for a Feature Film Award for a team including SA's Erica Ockenden and the Make-Up, Prosthetic Make-Up or Hair Design Award for a team including SA's Rebecca Buratto

🏆️ SA Costume Designer Heather Wallace won the Costume Design for a Feature Film Award for her work on Warwick Thornton's WOLFRAM

See all the winners: https://www.filmink.com.au/public-notice/australian-production-design-guild-announces-2026-award-winners/

📸 Sally Hawkins in BRING HER BACK

26/08/2026

📦️OUT NOW!⚔️ BOX KNIGHT has launched globally on Steam with over 10k wishlists! Developed by Adelaide Studios-based We Made A Thing Studios, BOX KNIGHT was initially developed with support from the SAFC’s former Games Innovation Fund and was the inaugural winner of the SAGE Award for Best in Exhibition in 2024. Become the Box Knight and brawl through a monster-infested office, floor by floor, boss by boss, in this irreverent action roguelike. Play now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1678650/Box_Knight/

25/08/2026

🎉NEWS!🎉 Congratulations to SA director Dario Russo, who just won the Best Australian Director Award at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) for his debut feature film THE FOX, which was made in South Australia with support from the SAFC and Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund. MIFF Artistic Director Al Cossar praised the "bold, singular comedic confidence of THE FOX, an absolute hit at this year's MIFF." Read more: https://au.variety.com/2026/film/news/la-gradiva-wins-top-prize-at-2026-melbourne-international-film-festival-awards-39650/

📸 Dario Russo via MIFF

24/08/2026

The SAFC and the ABC have announced the ABC First Look – Early Development Grant, a new initiative designed to support South Australian creatives in developing bold, distinct and original screen projects for the ABC. The competitive new grant program provides early-stage development funding for screen projects created by South Australian writers, directors and producers, with up to $50,000 for scripted projects and $25,000 for unscripted projects on offer. Applications open 14 September, and potential applicants are encouraged to register for the free online information session 👇️

The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) and the ABC have today announced the ABC First Look – Early Development Grant, a new initiative designed to support South Australian creatives in developing bold, distinct and original screen projects for the ABC.The competitive new grant program provid...

20/08/2026

📢NEWS!📢 All episodes of new SAFC supported series KILL JACKIE land on Friday, 2 October, only on Stan. Starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, the series from Adelaide Studios-based production company Steel Springs Pictures with Fremantle features post production work by SA companies KOJO, Resin and Studio 508. KILL JACKIE will also premiere globally on the same day on Prime Video and AMC+.

August 20, 2026 - Stan today announced the high-octane revenge thriller series Kill Jackie, starring Academy Award®, BAFTA and Tony Award-Winning...

17/08/2026

🎉NEWS!🎉 Congratulations to SA producer Lisa Scott and the whole team behind RFDS on their win for Best Drama Program at the 2026 Logie Awards this weekend! The third season of the Channel Seven series was filmed in the SAFC’s Adelaide Studios in Glenside and across the Flinders Ranges last year with support from the SAFC. Congratulations also to SA's Joshua Tyler, who co-created, co-wrote and co-executive produced TOP END BUB which was nominated for Best Scripted Comedy Program 👏 See all the winners: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-16/logies-2026-winners-list-gold-logie/107025284