Tasmanian Film Corporation

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 The Willow Bend Mystery, 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]