The Island Screen Incentive is designed to attract non-Tasmanian screen productions to film in the state.

The Incentive encourages expenditure in the Tasmanian economy and drives employment and skills development in the Tasmanian industry, while highlighting the Tasmanian landscapes, built heritage and lifestyle around the country and the world.

The program provides a one-off grant at the rate of 10% of the expenditure on Tasmanian goods and services while producing the project, capped at AUD$500,000 (excluding GST).

Applications can be considered at any time, but in all cases must be lodged at least four weeks before pre-production commences. Applications are not assessed in a competitive way, but all applications are subject to the availability of funds.

Projects must:

• be a live action screen production;
• be either factual (including documentary and reality) or scripted;
• be a feature film (60-minute minimum) or a series with at least 30-minute episodes;
• expend at least AUD$1.5 million as Tasmanian spend;
• be substantially based in Tasmania (i.e. minimum 10 days filming); and
• have marketplace attachment to secure public release.

The applicant must meet the eligibility criteria detailed in the General Guidelines (PDF 2.5 MB), and must be an Australian company, which is the company that incurs expenditure on producing the project.

Screen Tasmania reserves the right not to approve an application if the applicant or its principals are not considered fit and proper, or where the funds are not available to meet the applied amount. In the latter case, the amount of funding approved may be reduced depending on the funds available.

• Phone: 03 6165 5070
• Email: locations@screen.tas.gov.au