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Audience Development Grant Program – Australia

Deadline: 20-Mar-23

The Northern Territory Government has launched the Audience Development Grant Program under its Screen Territory Funding Program to support Northern Territory organisations offering activities such as public screenings, festivals or tours.

Purpose
  • To provide opportunities for Northern Territory audiences and Territory screen practitioners to engage with one another and to experience high quality screen content and innovative practice through events that engage and inform audiences about screen culture activities and promote film as a cultural experience to facilitate an understanding of the Territorian and Australian screen industry.
Objectives
  • Cultural development of Northern Territory audiences and the promotion of the Northern Territory and Australian screen industry.
  • Creative and professional development of Territory practitioners.
Funding Information
  • Applications can be for any amount up to $15 000, supported by a budget.
  • Base funding of up to $10 000 may be applied for supported by a budget.
  • This may be supplemented by additional funding based on fulfilment of specific industry development criteria, bringing the total up to a maximum of $20 000.
  • The budget must not include costs for awards or prizes.
Eligibility Criteria
  • To be eligible for funding, organisations must be legally constituted. Applications may be made by a consortium or a group of organisations working together, in which case one organisation must be the lead organisation.
  • Applicants must:

    • if individuals, be Australian citizens and Northern Territory residents
    • if individuals, not be under 18
    • if a company, be a Northern Territory company except where indicated in the guidelines for a specific program; a Northern Territory company may also apply on behalf of a genuine co-production between it and a non-NT company
    • not be in default or breach of any obligation under any arrangement they have with Screen Territory or other Northern Territory Government agencies, either as an individual applicant or in association with any company or entity, including in relation to acquittals of previous grants.  This requirement extends to the key creative team members included in the application
    • always act 'in good faith in their dealings with Screen Territory
    • have the capacity and resources to carry out the project that is the subject of the application
    • have the right to carry out the project that is the subject of the application
    • not be a broadcaster, employee of a broadcaster or a company owned or controlled by a broadcaster
    • not be an employee of the Northern Territory Government where there is a conflict of interest
    • not be a student at a film school or similar tertiary film, television or interactive digital media course.
  • Applicants who have an outstanding acquittal report and/or deliverable(s) or have not fulfilled their contractual obligations relating to prior Screen Territory funding are not eligible to apply unless an alternative arrangement is agreed with Screen Territory prior to application.
Exclusions

The following are not eligible for funding:

  • Commercial/corporate videos and advertisements; sport, current affairs or news; educational programs; infotainment, lifestyle, travel, 'how to' or other magazine-style programs
  • Purchase of capital works or equipment
  • Publication costs of journals, books or magazines.

For more information, visit Northern Territory Government.