Deadline: 15-Apr-22
Applications are now open for the Screenrights Cultural Fund to make a difference by supporting people with exciting and innovative new initiatives that foster the creation and appreciation of screen content in Australia and New Zealand.
The focus of the Fund will change periodically to reflect trends and issues in screen content creation. The Fund is underpinned by the following qualities:
- diversity
- innovation
- inspiration
- collaboration
- transparency
Scope
Cultural Fund initiatives will demonstrably contribute to a healthy local screen sector. They encourage submissions that increase diversity. The Cultural Fund supports a wide range of activities, from small individual projects through to large-scale initiatives.
Funding Information
Now in its fifth year, the Fund awards up to $50,000 per initiative, with a total funding pool of $250,000 available in 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
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The Applicant:
- must be an individual who is a resident of Australia or New Zealand for taxation purposes,
- or a company domiciled in Australia or New Zealand for taxation purposes
- cannot be a director or employee of Screenrights, or a member of a director or employee’s
- immediate family
- should have some experience relevant to the proposed project
- may only be involved in one application per funding round
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If successful, the Applicant:
- will be the recipient of the Grant funds and be accountable to Screenrights for the
- expenditure of Grant funds
- must take responsibility for successfully administering the relationships between all
- parties, the deliverables, and promotion throughout the project
- is not eligible to apply again to subsequent Cultural Fund rounds until their funded project has been acquitted
- is not eligible to directly benefit from subsequent Cultural Fund rounds – as, for example, a paid collaborator or employee of another Applicant – until their funded project has been acquitted. Any such involvement may cause the new Application to be ineligible.
For more information, visit Screenrights.
For more information, visit https://www.screenrights.org/cultural-fund/