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| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | May 1988 |
| Dissolved | July 2008 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Australian Government |
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. Unlike other publicly funded organisations responsible for financing media production in Australia, the FFC operated as a commercially oriented funding agency,[1] backing projects with the intention of recouping part of its funding through investment. The organisation was responsible for financing several notable Australian feature films, among them Strictly Ballroom (1992), Muriel's Wedding (1994) and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994). During its lifetime, the FFC supported 248 features with a total investment of A$662 million.[2] In 2008, the FFC was succeeded by Screen Australia, which merged the similar film financing bodies operated by the Australian government.
- ^ Garry Maddox, “A History of the Australian Film Finance Corporation.” Media international Australia incorporating Culture & policy 80, no. 1 (1996)
- ^ Jordi McKenzie. Craig Rossiter. “Film Funding in Australia: Recent History and Empirical Analysis” In Handbook of State Aid for Film, (Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018)