Tasmanian Film Corporation

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The Tasmanian Film Corporation was a Tasmanian statutory corporation founded in 1977 [1] to replace the Tasmanian Government Department of Film Production. However, following a brief period of success it was privatised by Premier Robin Gray in 1983 and shut down progressively over the following decade. [1]

Films

By far its biggest success was Manganinnie (1980), an AFI Award and AWGIE Award [2] winning feature film. [3] Other productions included A Fish For All Seasons (1982), a 10-part miniseries for the Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority, [4] Impressions of a Colony (1980) for the National Parks and Wildlife Service, [5] Save the Lady (1982) [6] and Helicopter Tasmania (1982) [7]

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References

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  2. "Kelso's screenplay wins". The Canberra Times. 15 August 1981. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  3. "Manganinnie (1980)". wideangle.org.au. Wide Angle Tasmania. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  4. "A very fishy sesquicentenary". tasmanianregions.tas.gov.au. Tas Regions. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  5. Kearney, Brian; Syron, Briann (2007). Kicking down the doors : a history of Australian Indigenous filmmakers from 1968-1993. Lulu Inc. ISBN   9781847993649 . Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  6. "Feature Article - Tasmanian feature films". abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  7. "Tasmania film". Canberra Times. 5 April 1982. Retrieved 4 November 2014.