SBS independent

At the end of December 2007, SBSi ceased to function as an administratively independent institution, and was merged with the SBS Content and Online Division.

For the thirteen years that it operated, SBSi commissioned more than 810 titles spanning feature film, animation, television drama, documentary, comedy, variety and reality programs, totalling over 1500 hours of content.

SBSi was a significant cultural institution that reshaped production and representational practices in the Australian film and television sectors.

Most significantly, through collaborative partnerships with other federal and state film financing organisations, SBSi helped to nurture a new generation of Indigenous filmmakers including Ivan Sen, Warwick Thornton and Rachel Perkins.

Its commissioned works have been widely recognised through film and television awards and acknowledged by broader community response throughout Australia and overseas.