Deadline: 20-Mar-23
The Northern Territory Government is offering Project Development Grants to make a contribution towards a significant development of work appropriate to the stage of the project.
Funding Information
- Funding available:
- Up to $10 000 per application for First Stage Project Development
- Up to $20 000 per application for Late Stage Project Development
- A project may be funded more than once, as long as the previous grant has been successfully acquitted and significant development has taken place, up to a total cap of $30 000 over the life of an individual project unless exceptional circumstances can be demonstrated.
- Where projects progress to receive Production Finance Funding by way of a recoupable equity investment, any development funds will be considered as part of the total equity amount.
- Examples of formats that may be funded are:
- feature films
- adult and children’s drama and narrative comedy including television series, miniseries, telemovies and web series
- content-rich factual and documentary theatrical, television or web programs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications may be from an individual writer or writer/director, or from a production company or producer on behalf of a team including at least a writer and a producer.
- After one round of funding for a particular project, Screen Territory generally expects a producer to be attached for any subsequent applications for that project.
- The applicant must be a Northern Territory resident or a Northern Territory company.
- Applications from an NT production company on behalf of a co-production between it and a non-NT production company, will only be accepted where the arrangement is a genuine co-production and the application is for a project that has been generated in the Territory and has a Northern Territory writer or writer/director.
- The applicant must either hold the rights necessary to make the project (as the writer/originator, or through appropriate agreements), or have an option to the rights in any and all works on which the project is based.
- If you are seeking funds to purchase an option, funding will only be released once the option is obtained.
- The applicant or at least one member of the applicant team must have the following credits, depending on the amount being sought:
- First stage applications up to and including $10 000: at least two ‘eligible screen credits’ each of which is at least ten minutes in total duration
- Late stage applications between $10 001 – 20 000: at least two ‘eligible screen credits’ each of which is at least one hour (or broadcast hour, 1×60 or 2×30) in total duration.
- Less experienced practitioners may be part of the team, as long as at least one key principal is eligible as above. The intention is not to exclude new talent, but encourage them to team up with more experienced practitioners.
- Outstanding applicants or projects that emerge through the Seed Funding strand or Screen Territory’s Special Initiatives may be invited to apply to the Project Development strand. This provides the opportunity for talented practitioners to access single-project development funds even where minimum credit requirements are not satisfied.
For more information, visit Northern Territory Government.