Focus on supporting Queensland producers and/or key creatives, our Screen Finance Fund is for screen stories seeking finance so they may head into production.

This is a rolling fund, applications can be made at anytime. 

The fund provides finance towards the production of feature films, television series and documentaries, offered as a percentage of the productions estimated Queensland Production Expenditure (QPE). Funding will be provided as a base percentage of QPE, with additional funding available up to a fixed cap. The base and cap percentages are determined by residency (Queensland or interstate) among other criteria, as outlined in the guidelines.

Screen Finance applications for under $250,000 can be submitted at any time and successful applications are financed as non-recoupable grants.

Projects that meet eligibility requirements are not guaranteed funding and will undergo a rigorous assessment process against Screen Queenslands strategic priorities and program guidelines. All requests for funding, regardless of eligibility, are subject to limited program budgets within a highly competitive funding environment.

Applicants are eligible for Screen Finance funding if:

• they arethe rights-holding producer (with a solicitors chain of title opinion required before first drawdown)
• they are an Australian resident
• the project has a Queensland-resident producer or line producer attached
• the project has not been previously unsuccessful in applications for Screen Finance funding twice
• they have read and complied with Screen Queenslands Terms of Trade
• the team of key creatives authentically represent the story and characters in your application
  • If your story includes content or characters from an under-represented background, e.g. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; culturally and linguistically diverse people; people with a disability; female; LGBTQIA+ people, then appropriate representation of that diversity must be ensured throughout the production.

• Phone: 07 3248 0500
• Email: content@screenqld.com.au