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IP in Motion Fund

The IP in Motion Fund will wholly or partly reimburse, up to $5,000, a screen and digital games producers’ cost to option original intellectual property (IP) from NSW-based creators from Screen NSW Priority Areas.

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Summary

Established under the NSW Screen and Digital Games Strategy 2025-2027, Screen NSW, through this program, will wholly or partly reimburse, up to $5,000, a screen and digital games producers’ cost to option original intellectual property (IP) from NSW-based creators.

The primary aim of the program is to encourage screen content for audiences that has originated in IP created by people who are included in the Screen NSW Priority Areas: First Nations people, people living in Western Sydney and regional NSW, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) backgrounds, people living with a disability, and LGBTQIA+ people.

Key information

  • Applications open: 6 May 2025
  • Applications close: 5pm, 2 April 2026

Program objectives

The objectives of the program are to:

  • Improve sustainability of the NSW screen and digital games industries
  • Improve sustainability of related NSW-based creative sectors, particularly literary fiction, non-fiction and short-form web-based and podcast content creation
  • Promote collaboration between the NSW screen and digital games industries and NSW-based practitioners from other creative industries
  • Provide opportunity for early and mid-career creatives from Screen NSW Priority Areas to enhance their careers by having their work reach a wider audience through screen adaptation
  • Increase visibility within screen and digital games content of people from under-represented groups as set out in the Screen NSW Diversity Commitment
  • Increase the level of participation of practitioners from under-represented groups as set out in the Screen NSW Diversity Commitment
  • Support connections that will shape the future of the NSW creative community and strengthen its position in the global market. 

The program is funded and administered by Screen NSW.

Contact & support

Screen Investment team: [email protected]

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