Cultural Fund: Funded Projects

The 2026 Screenrights Cultural Fund grant round is now closed for applications, with the annual focus of LEARNING THROUGH STORY. Successful initiatives will be announced in late August. Find out more about projects that have previously received funding from the Screenrights Cultural Fund below.

Cultural Fund: Funded Projects

The 2026 Screenrights Cultural Fund grant round is now closed for applications, with the annual focus of LEARNING THROUGH STORY. Successful initiatives will be announced in late August. Find out more about projects that have previously received funding from the Screenrights Cultural Fund below.

A young Indigenous woman sitting in the Australian outback on a vast expanse of cracked, hardened sand in front of a camera setup, by a campfire

2026

Young Yarnz

Young Yarnz

A photo of older women sitting and speaking, from a previous Wrtiers Lab event

2026

The Writers Lab for women screenwriters over 40

Brooke Hemphill

Cleo Fraser with (from left to right) WWII UXO survivors Jeff Manle and Maeverlyn Pitanoe, along with Chris Teasdale from the HALO Trust and Tuki Laumea of Nine Islands Media

2026

Māori & Pasifika Impact Producing Lab

Nine Islands Media

Participants of the pilot 'Lights On' initiative from Brock Casting Services

2026

Lights On: Story-Led Learning for Disabled Creatives

Brock Casting Services

2026

He Kōrero Tuku Iho - Stories Carried Forward

Film Bay of Plenty

Cultural Fund banner image with stylised grid of heads

2026

Animation as Living Story

Studio Gilay

Cultural Fund banner image with stylised grid of heads

2025

Te Piringa: A Programme for Indigenous Wellbeing in Screen Storytelling

Jack Media

Cultural Fund banner image with stylised grid of heads

2025

Script Development Workshops for Deaf, Disabled and Neuro Diverse creatives

Script To Screen

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2025

Residency+ Producing Skills Program

Cinespace Inc.

Cultural Fund banner image with stylised grid of heads

2025

Ngaluwi: Documentary Storytelling Incubator

Garuwa

Cultural Fund banner image with stylised grid of heads

2025

MCT ScreenLab: Unearthing New Voices for the Screen

Milk Crate Theatre

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2025

AI For Women In Screen

Jessie Hughes

Acknowledgement of Country

Contact & Address

AU

+61 2 8038 1300

NZ

info@screenrights.org

Suite 3, 185 Gloucester St,

The Rocks NSW 2000

GPO Box 3841 Sydney,

NSW, 2001, Australia

Acknowledgement of Country

Contact & Address

AU

+61 2 8038 1300

NZ

info@screenrights.org

Suite 3, 185 Gloucester St,

The Rocks NSW 2000

GPO Box 3841 Sydney,

NSW, 2001, Australia