Online Production Grants

Thank you for your application with Screen Queensland. Industry standard document formats must be used throughout your application (e.g. your budget, finance plan and supporting documents).

Please ensure you have read the guidelines on the Screen Queensland website thoroughly, prior to applying.

Projects that meet eligibility requirements are not guaranteed funding and will undergo a rigorous assessment process against Screen Queensland's strategic priorities and program guidelines.

All requests for funding, regardless of eligibility, are subject to limited program budgets within a highly competitive funding environment.

If you have any questions about any part of the form or your application, please contact the Screen Queensland Content Team on (07) 3248 0500 or email content@screenqld.com.au.

General Eligibility
To be eligible, you (and your team) must:  

• not be employed by a state or government screen agency.
• not be employed by a broadcaster or streaming service.
• not be a full-time undergraduate, honours or master's student.
• not be in default or have any projects in default with Screen Queensland.
• not have begun pre-production or principal photography on this project. 
• have an Australian Business Number (ABN).
• authentically represent the story and characters in the project that form part of this Application.
• have read and agree to the SQ Terms of Trade; SQ QPE Definition; SQ Strategic Plan 2023-2025; Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network Charter; Screen Australia Pathways and Protocols.

Program Specific Eligibility
To be eligible, you (and your team) must:  

• be a key creative team (Writer, Director and/or Producer) consisting of minimum 50% Queensland Residents; or a Queensland-resident solo creative practitioner.
• demonstrate that you are the IP creator and owner of the story.
  • If IP is owned by an interstate Producer/Creative, the application will be considered eligible only with demonstrable significant benefits to Queensland via escalation of Queensland resident above-the-line talent.
• tell an original story developed for online spaces.
• demonstrate one member of the Key Creative Team has experience producing online content.
• not propose a short film (excluding single episode XR projects), reality, light/lifestyle entertainment including panel and variety shows, primarily educational or internal training content, nor digital or online extensions to an existing film or TV program.
• not submit an application for a project that has been declined funding by Screen Queensland previously, except where it can be demonstrated the application has been significantly reworked prior to submitting.
  • Projects that have been declined twice are not eligible. 
• only submit one application per round.