Formation | 1974 |
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Type | Non-profit association |
Legal status | Charitable |
Headquarters | Lion Arts Centre |
Location | |
Coordinates | 34°55′23″S 138°35′38″E / 34.92316°S 138.593983°E |
Region served | South Australia |
Products | Film industry support |
Services | Cinema, hosting events and awards, funding emerging filmmakers' projects |
Chairs | Peter Hanlon and Kirsty Stark |
Sarah Lancaster | |
Website | www |
Formerly called | Media Resource Centre |
Mercury CX, formerly Media Resource Centre (MRC), is a not-for-profit film and television training organisation based in the Lion Arts Centre on the corner of Morphett Street and North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, which aims to give screening opportunities to emerging South Australian film, video and digital media artists. It also manages the not-for-profit Mercury Cinema, which shows films by subscription to the Adelaide Cinémathèque film society, screening classic or notable films and hosts film festivals and other events. Mercury CX hosts the Screenmakers Conference and the South Australian Screen Awards.