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Australian Film Commission. The Australian Film Commission ( AFC) was an Australian government agency was founded in 1975 with a mandate to promote the creation and distribution of films in Australia as well as to preserve the country's film history.
Search for Australian film and television titles, including how you can stream, rent or buy online.
The Screen Guide. Search for Australian film, television, online titles and games. Paper Dolls. Desperate to escape their ordinary reality, and with aspirations of pop-stardom, five hopeful women are thrust into the spotlight, only to find that their dream of fame is suddenly compromised by what it takes to achieve it. Streaming now on Paramount+.
Under this act, from 1 July 2008 the Australian Film Commission, the Film Finance Corporation Australia and Film Australia Limited were merged into one body, to be known as Screen Australia.
The Whitlam government established the Australian Film Commission to succeed the Australian Film Development Corporation, which had been operating since 1971. The AFC assumed responsibility for all AFDC projects and took control of Film Australia, which had been the Commonwealth Film Unit until 1973.
Apr 15, 2013 · Film Australia increasingly produced films for domestic television audiences (Our Asian Neighbours, Brian Hannant, Keith Gow, 1971–1977; The Human Face of China, Bob Kingsbury, 1979). 1975 Film Australia became part of the newly formed Australian Film Commission.
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.
