Film Finance Corporation Australia Ltd

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Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) is the Australian Government’s principal agency for funding the production of film and television in Australia. It is a wholly owned government company.

The government supports film and television production to ensure that Australians have the opportunity to make and watch their own screen stories. The FFC will only fund projects with high levels of creative and technical contribution by Australians, or projects certified under Australia’s Official Co-Production Program.

To support diversity, the FFC funds the most expensive program formats: feature films, mini-series, telemovies and documentaries. Cheaper formats such as current affairs, serial drama and ‘infotainment’ are fully financed by the market, whereas the more expensive formats would in many cases not be made without government assistance.

Since its establishment the FFC has invested in 1,079 projects with a total production value of $2.58 billion.