Queensland Film Corporation

The Queensland Film Corporation (QFC) was a government-funded film production company that existed in the state of Queensland, Australia, in the 1980s.

## History

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The Queensland Film Corporation was established by the Queensland Film Industry Development Act 1977 and funded by the Queensland Government[1] Its original brief was not to produce films but to encourage the development of the film industry in Queensland.[2]

At one stage it was run by Allan Callaghan, former press officer to Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen who was sent to gaol for misappropriating government funds.[3][4]

The organisation was eventually wound up in October 1987, having spent $5.4 million on various projects.[5][6]

The Queensland government later formed Film Queensland and the Pacific Film and TV Corporation.[citation needed]

## Current equivalent

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As of 2022[update] the funding body is Screen Queensland, which owns the Screen Queensland Studios.[7]

## Selected films

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* Final Cut (1980)
* Touch and Go (1980)
* Airhawk (1981)
* Outbreak of Hostilities (1981)
* The Little Feller (1982)
* Silent Reach (1983)
* Buddies (1983)
* The Settlement (1984)
* The Naked Country (1985)
* Frenchman's Farm (1987)
* Travelling North (1987)
* Fields of Fire (1987) (miniseries)

## See also

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* Queensland portal

* List of films shot in Queensland

## References

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1. ^ Queensland Film Industry Development Act 1977
2. ^ "Queensland Film Corporation", Cinema Papers, January 1978 p200
3. ^ Philip Adams, "Joh was no statesman", The Australian, 26 April 2005 accessed 24 October 2012
4. ^ Greg Roberts, "Jail For Man Who Made Joh A Star", Sydney Morning Herald, 28 April, 1987 Archived January 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine accessed 24 October 2012
5. ^ Soctt Murray, "Richard Stewart: Director, Film Queensland", Cinema Papers, December 1993 p16-20, 58
6. ^ Rowan Callick, "AFTER A DECADE, THE FILM CORPORATION FINALLY FADES TO BLACK", Australian Financial Review, 22 October 1987 p 2
7. ^ "About Us". Screen Queensland. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

## External links

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* Queensland Film Corporation at IMDb

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