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The Australian Film Commission was an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n government agency with a mandate to promote the creation and distribution of films in Australia as well as to preserve the country's film history. Established in 1975 as the Australian Film Development Commission, the AFC had offices in Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
, Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
, Canberra
Canberra

Canberra is the List of Australian capital cities of Australia. With a population of over 340,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall....
 and Sydney.

The AFC was funded in part by the national government and in part from its return on investments in film production as well as interest on film development loans.






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The Australian Film Commission was an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n government agency with a mandate to promote the creation and distribution of films in Australia as well as to preserve the country's film history. Established in 1975 as the Australian Film Development Commission, the AFC had offices in Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
, Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
, Canberra
Canberra

Canberra is the List of Australian capital cities of Australia. With a population of over 340,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall....
 and Sydney.

The AFC was funded in part by the national government and in part from its return on investments in film production as well as interest on film development loans. It financially assists film and television production and also produces some of its own production.

In May 2007, the Australian Government announced the creation of a new agency, Screen Australia
Screen Australia

Screen Australia is an Australian film and television agency established in July 2008. It consolidates and replaces the services of three previous agencies: the Australian Film Commission, Film Australia and the Film Finance Corporation Australia....
, which will merge the Film Finance Corporation Australia
Film Finance Corporation Australia

Film Finance Corporation Australia was the Australian Government's principal agency for funding the production of film and television in Australia....
, Film Australia
Film Australia

Film Australia was a company established by the Government of Australia to produce films about Australia. Its mission was to create an audio-visual record of Australian life, through the commissioning, distribution and management of programs that deal with matters of national interest or illustrate and interpret aspects of Australian life....
, and the Australian Film Commission. Screen Australia started operating in July 2008, effectively replacing the AFC.

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