Domestic Market Travel Support Program - AIDC 2025

Please review the full Program Guidelines on the Screen NSW website.

Screen NSW general eligibility requirements can be found in the Screen NSW Terms of Trade, which should be read in conjunction with the guidelines.   

All applicants need to fulfil the following criteria:

• Be an early to mid-career practitioner with relevant experience in producing screen content 
• Have a slate of market-ready projects to pitch
• Be a key creative on the project(s): producer, director, writer
• Be a NSW- based company or individual:
  • If an individual, the applicant must be over 18 and be a NSW resident (i.e., lived and operated in NSW for at least six months immediately before the date of application)
  • If a company, the company must be incorporated and registered in Australia and have its principal place of business in NSW for at least six months immediately before the date of application. Company applicants must nominate one person (traveller) and the traveller must be over 18 and be a NSW resident.
• Be an Australia citizen or full-time resident
• Have an Australian Business Number (ABN)

Applicants who have been invited to participate in a competitive program at the conference/market (such as a pitching forum) are encouraged to disclose this and provide evidence of the invitation. This may make your application more competitive.

Applicants must not be full-time secondary or tertiary students. Other government departments and agencies are not eligible to apply. The applicant must not be in breach of any obligation under any funding agreement it has with the NSW Government.

Screen NSW is supports travel funding to attend the following partner-events:

• The Australian International Documentary Conference, Melbourne
• Screen Forever, Gold Coast
• The Australian Children’s Content Conference, Coffs Harbour
• MIFF 37 South, Melbourne (specific programs)

Travel support funding for the above events will be advertised on the Screen NSW website ahead of each event, to give successful applicants time to make their travel arrangements.

Available funding

Up to $2,000 of grant funding is available.

Successful applicants will need to organise their own travel and accommodation and cover all travel costs up front. After contracting, they will invoice Screen NSW for the agreed sum to cover a portion of these expenses on the provision of an acquittal report at the conclusion of travel.

Screen NSW will provide one grant per company or individual applicant:

• For individuals, grants of up to $1,500 ex GST will be available
• For companies or project teams, where two key creatives (producer, writer, director) are part of the application, grants of up to $2,000 will be available. All applicants must be NSW residents and attending the same event. This is non-transferable to another company representative without prior approval from Screen NSW. Co-contributions from third parties are allowable for non-Screen NSW covered expenses.

What you can get funding for

A set amount to assist with flights, ground transportation, accommodation, conference/market accreditation and reasonable costs associated with attending the event (such as meals).

Eligible applicants may receive domestic market travel support from Screen NSW only once in a single financial year.  However, a company may be eligible to attend more than one market, if they are supporting different key creatives and projects at different events.