Broken Hill City Council hopes an investor's announcement that it will increase funding for Australia's film industry could help more locally-made films off the ground.

Industry superannuation fund Media Super has doubled the value of loans it makes available for Australian film and television production, from $30 million to $60 million.

Council's manager of economic development and culture, Andrea Roberts, says the more money there is for Australian film the better chance the city has of getting a starring role.

"We've had a fairly successful recent season actually, with Last Cab to Darwin, Strangerland and also some fairly successful TV productions, including Outback ER and The Code," Ms Roberts said.

"Broken Hill is still very much a location that stars in films and we look forward to welcoming many, many more productions into the area."

The film Last Cab to Darwin, which was filmed in and around Broken Hill and released earlier this year, was partly financed through the Media Super scheme.

The movie told the story of a Broken Hill taxi driver with terminal cancer who drives to Darwin to take advantage of the Northern Territory's short-lived voluntary euthanasia laws.

Producer Greg Duffy says Last Cab to Darwin has taken in $8 million at the Australian and New Zealand box offices combined, with 800,000 ticket sales.

Mr Duffy said he's pleased with the film's performance in what has been a strong year for Australian-made productions.

"And that's really on the back of a whole bunch of films," Mr Duffy said.

"Firstly Mad Max Fury Road, then Oddball, then The Dressmaker, Paper Planes and us, Last Cab To Darwin, so we've just been in a stellar year and we've been really lucky.

"It compares favourably over the long term but amongst those four I think we sit in fifth spot."

Council's Andrea Roberts said any funding made available to Australian filmmakers has the potential to benefit Broken Hill.

"Funding is always a critical issue for filmmakers and for most projects getting up, so regardless of the fact that a lot of people are looking around, having a broadened opportunity to gain funding for films will auger well for Broken Hill in the future," she said.