Industry Development Fund:

The Industry Development Fund provides grants to organisations that create professional development opportunities for NSW screen practitioners at various stages of their careers.

Funding is provided for the following activities:

• One-off or annual events including seminars, conferences, workshops, professional mentorships and national awards events.
• A complex program of professional development activities that enhances the NSW screen “eco-system”.

Audience Development Fund:

The Audience Development Fund provides grants to organisations for public screenings, festivals or tours that provide opportunities for audiences to see and experience quality screen content and innovative practice, for one-off or annual events, in single or multiple venues.

You can apply for support towards public screenings, festivals or tours that provide opportunities for audiences to see and experience quality screen content and innovative practice, for one-off or annual events, in single or multiple venues.

Funding for both programs is offered as either single-year funding or multi-year funding

Multi-year funding for Industry Development or Audience Development funding is for organisations that conduct an annual series of events or annual film festival within the NSW screen industry and have a history of successfully acquitted programs with Screen NSW/Arts NSW.

There is one funding round per financial year for both single-year and multi-year funding.

The funding round for financial year 2013-14 opens on Monday 18 March, 2013 and closes at 5pm on Friday 3 May 2013.

All guidelines should be read in conjunction with the Screen NSW Terms of Trade.