The South Australian Film Corporation has opened its curtain on a new screen production partnership with the national public service medium, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
Announced by the Managing Director of the ABC, David Anderson the ABC/SAFC ‘Content Pipeline Fund’ has been designed to strengthen the SA screen industry and deliver high-quality content to ABC TV and ABC iview.
Mr Anderson said the South Australian Film Corporation was a Government statutory corporation established in 1972 to engage in film production and promote the film industry.
“We’re delighted that the South Australian Film Corporation is partnering with the ABC in this joint initiative to generate exciting new South Australian-based projects for the ABC,’’ Mr Anderson said.
“The collaboration will provide South Australia with a pipeline of quality television production and deliver finance certainty over the three years,” he said.
South Australia’s Premier, Peter Malinauskas, welcomed the partnership saying it would boost the State’s economy and drive employment with up to 460 jobs expected to be created across numerous screen productions.
“For more than 50 years the South Australian Film Corporation has been telling our stories – putting South Australians in the spotlight and ensuring our lives, culture and experiences are reflected to us at home, around the nation and overseas,” Mr Malinauskas said.
“Beyond the cultural benefits, this $5.2 million investment in our screen sector will deliver more than 400 production jobs and even more flow-on jobs right here in South Australia,” he said.
Chief Executive of the South Australian Film Corporation, Kate Croser said she’s thrilled the State will be a ‘home’ for ABC scripted production over the next three years.
“South Australia’s screen industry is poised to deliver exciting new South Australian-based projects and high-quality content by South Australian creatives to ABC TV and ABC iview,” Ms Croser said.
“The recent success of original ABC series from South Australia, Closer Productions’ Aftertaste, Epic Films and KOJO Studios’ First Day and now Windmill Theatre’s Beep and Mort, as well as SA filmed children’s series MaveriX, have paved the way for this consistent stream of production, and demonstrate the capacity of creativity to drive cultural and economic outcomes,” Ms Croser said.
