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The Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) was the government agency responsible for funding commercial productions of Australian film, documentary, and television from 1988 to 2008.
FFI is the market leader in the provision to film financiers of completion guarantees/bonds, for the film, television and transmedia industries in Australia and in other countries around the world. FFI provides assurance to investors and assistance to program makers to ensure that their projects are completed and delivered on time and on budget.
The Australian Office opened in 1980 and, since then, FFI has issued completion guarantees with a total value of more than $2.7 billion to film financiers for Australian and New Zealand productions including feature films, mini series, animation and documentaries.
During the 1990s, direct government support once again became the dominant source of feature film funding. The Australian Film Finance Corporation (FFC), established in 1988/89, became the main instrument of this support. It has funded 1,079 projects since then, to a budget value of $2.58 billion.
Screen Australia was established under the Screen Australia Act 2008 and from 1 July 2008 took over the functions and appropriations of its predecessor agencies, the Australian Film Commission (AFC), the Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) and Film Australia Limited.
Apr 2, 2018 · Since the inauguration of the Australian Film Commission (AFC) in 1975, the establishment of the Film Finance Corporation (FFC) in 1988, and their merger forming Screen Australia in 2007, various subsidy schemes, tax concessions, and offset provisions have been implemented to support the local industry.
Screen Australia is the Australian Federal Government's key funding body for the Australian screen production industry, created under the Screen Australia Act 2008.
