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Australian International Film Corporation was an Australian film production company set up in 1977. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Filmways Australia and one of the shareholders was producer Antony I. Ginnane. [1]

Antony I. Ginnane is an Australian film producer best known for his work in the exploitation field. He was head of the Screen Producers Association of Australia from 2008 to 2011.

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References

  1. Beilby, Peter and Scott Murray, ‘Antony I. Ginnane’, Cinema Papers, January/February 1979 p175-237

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Australian Screen Online is an on-line database operated by the Australian National Film and Sound Archive. It provides information about and excerpts from a wide selection of Australian feature films, documentaries, television programs, newsreels, short films, animations, and home-movies. It also includes teachers' notes.