The Screenrights Cultural Fund makes a difference by supporting people with exciting and innovative new initiatives that foster the creation and appreciation of screen content in Australia and New Zealand. The 2025 total funding pool is $300,000.
- Grants of up to $50,000
- View previously funded initiatives
- 2025 applications now closed
- Successful recipients announced late August
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FOCUS 2025 – CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE
Applications for the 2025 Screenrights Cultural Fund have now closed. The successful recipients will be announced in late August.
“Creative intelligence styles – imaginative, intuitive, inspirational, and innovative – are all traits seen consistently in the screen and education communities Screenrights serves,” says Rachel Antony, Chair of the Cultural Fund Working Group. “As technology mediates our educational experiences and creative processes, we are inviting applications that look to explore and apply innovation and that honour our fundamental human capacity for original thought and expression. From, for example, designing screen-based initiatives that enhance creative expression or empower those with less access to resources, to developing novel technological approaches to screen media education, we expect successful proposals will demonstrate a thoughtful approach to nurturing creative intelligence in our digital age.”
The Screenrights Cultural Fund supports projects that foster the creation and appreciation of screen content in Australia and New Zealand. Now in its eighth year, the Fund has awarded over $1.5 million to screen industry initiatives since it was established in 2018.
Find out more about all of the initiatives supported by the Fund over its lifetime here.
Application Support
Screenrights offers free application support for those less experienced with funding submissions via consultation sessions, with the aim of reducing barriers to entry and increasing the diversity of funded initiatives. Support is accessed by submitting a request form with some information about your idea, and conducted via video call at a time that suits you. Application support requests for the 2025 grant round closed on 2 April.
The Screenrights Cultural Fund is not a development or production fund. For development or production funding opportunities, we suggest checking out your regional screen or arts funding bodies.