Premier Don Dunstan played an instrumental role in the foundation of the Corporation and its early film production activities.

[16] In 2008, SA Premier and Arts Minister Mike Rann secured cabinet approval from the South Australian Government to fund the relocation of the SAFC[17] at a cost of A$43 million.

[18] The project included new sound stages and mixing suites, as well as a major refurbishment of an historic 19th-century building as a high-tech film hub.

[28] Amanda Duthie, who in late 2018 left her post at the Adelaide Film Festival and became Head of Production, Development, Attraction and Studios, also serving as acting CEO of SAFC after Gibson's departure, resigned her position to return to Sydney as of 22 November 2019.

[29] The Corporation was responsible to the state Minister for the Arts until March 2018, then reported to the Premier Steven Marshall until July that year, when it was transferred to the Department of Innovation and Skills.

[33] The First Nations Advisory Committee comprises Elaine Crombie, Natasha Wanganeen, Major Moogy Sumner, Dennis Stokes, and John Harvey.

[22] At least one member of each team must be from a group under-represented in the SA film industry, including filmmakers who are women; First Nations; Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD); Deaf and disabled; LGBTQIA+; and/or who live in regional and remote parts of the state.

[36] To support the SAFC First Nations Screen Strategy (2020–2025), one of the three teams selected for development will have at least two members identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

[37][38] The winning team comprised writer-directors Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese, and producer Tom Phillips, who made the animated sci-fi comedy Lesbian Space Princess,[39][40] which premiered at Adelaide Film Festival on 27 October 2024.

[39] The Corporation's activities contributed to the rebuilding process undertaken by Australia's film industry, with other states set up similar bodies after SAFC's establishment.

[42] The Adelaide Studios have provided facilities for feature films such as The Babadook, Hotel Mumbai, Storm Boy, I Am Mother and Mortal Kombat, as well as many television series.

[49] Triptych Pictures is run by Kristian Moliere (formerly of Smoking Gun Productions[50]) and Julie Byrne,[44] who were responsible for producing the feature films The Babadook, Lucky Country, and The Survival of Kindness (2022), among others; the TV series Wake in Fright; and YouTube videos for RackaRacka.