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

The Queensland Film Corporation was established by the Queensland Film Industry Development Act 1977 and funded by the Queensland Government[https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/pdf/asmade/act-1977-045 Queensland Film Industry Development Act 1977] Its original brief was not to produce films but to encourage the development of the film industry in Queensland."Queensland Film Corporation", Cinema Papers, January 1978 p200

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.[http://www.kooriweb.org/foley/news/joh26apr05.html Philip Adams, "Joh was no statesman", The Australian, 26 April 2005] accessed 24 October 2012[http://www.applyingforacreditcard.com.au/news/1987/4/28/jail-for-man-who-made-joh-a-star/ Greg Roberts, "Jail For Man Who Made Joh A Star", Sydney Morning Herald, 28 April, 1987] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126104331/http://www.applyingforacreditcard.com.au/news/1987/4/28/jail-for-man-who-made-joh-a-star/ |date=January 26, 2014 }} accessed 24 October 2012

The organisation was eventually wound up in October 1987, having spent $5.4 million on various projects.Soctt Murray, "Richard Stewart: Director, Film Queensland", Cinema Papers, December 1993 p16-20, 58Rowan Callick, "AFTER A DECADE, THE FILM CORPORATION FINALLY FADES TO BLACK", Australian Financial Review, 22 October 1987 p 2

The Queensland government later formed Film Queensland and the Pacific Film and TV Corporation.{{cn|date=April 2022}}

Current equivalent

{{as of|2022}} the funding body is Screen Queensland, which owns the Screen Queensland Studios.{{cite web | title=About Us | website=Screen Queensland | url=https://screenqueensland.com.au/about-sq/what-we-do/ | access-date=5 April 2022}}