Production Investment

About the Program

One-off equity investment is available for productions that provisionally satisfy the Significant Australian Content requirements as administered by the Producer Offset and Co-Production Branch of Screen Australia and/or can demonstrate a significant cultural benefit to Tasmania. See Producer Offset guidelines on the Screen Australia website (www.screenaustralia.gov.au/industry_support). Projects should have finance partners, marketplace commitment or demonstrated marketplace interest in place before seeking production investment from Screen Tasmania. Tasmanian applicants may also apply for post production investment, where there is demonstrated marketplace commitment, and a rough cut of the production is available.

Who Can Apply

Both Tasmanian and Non-Tasmanian applicants may apply for production investment. All applicants and projects must meet the general eligibility criteria, in addition to all the following:

  • the project must have Significant Australian Content as administered by the producer Offset and Co-Production Branch of Screen Australia or be an official co-production
  • obtain a Provisional Certificate from the Film Authority pursuant to the Producer Offset Rules 2007 made in accordance with Division 376 of the ITAA 97
  • the applicant must be the producer and hold appropriate rights to produce the project
  • the applicant must have marketplace commitment or demonstrated marketplace interest in the project.

Non-Tasmanian applicants may apply for production investment provided that the production:

  • demonstrates a commitment to employing Tasmanian cast and crew
  • provides at least two attachments to key creative positions on drama productions, or at least one on documentary, animation and digital media productions (these attachments may be eligible for funding under the FIT Scheme and/or Practitioner Development program)
  • provides at least two attachments to other crew positions on drama productions (these attachments may be eligible for support under the Practitioner Development program).

Closing Deadlines

Four funding rounds are held per year- approximately every 12 weeks.

Please see the closing dates for these funding rounds below.

Round 1
5pm, 15 February 2010
Round 2
5pm, 31 May 2010
Round 3
5pm, 30 August 2010
Round 4
5pm, 6 December 2010

Guidelines
Cover page (general)
Cover page (digital media)
Cover page (post production)
Application Form

Applicants must contact Screen Tasmania to discuss their application prior to submission.

For initial enquiries about Screen Tasmania's funding programs and initiatives, and for application forms and guidelines contact:

Executive Assistant
Ph: (03) 6233 6995