Screen Australia's First Nations Department programs support creatively ambitious projects and people, and imaginative, resonant stories authored by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practitioners.

First Nations Feature Development

Who: Writers or teams with demonstrated experience and an idea they wish to explore in the longer feature format
What: Up to $30,000, or up to $45,000 if a producer is attached

First Nations TV Drama Development 

Who: Writers or teams with demonstrated experience and a strong TV drama idea; supports the creation of appropriate written and/or visual materials to ensure projects are as strong as possible when competing for production finance
What: Up to $30,000 for one-off projects and up to $65,000 for series

First Nations Documentary Development 

Who: Individual practitioners or teams with some experience; emerging practitioners are encouraged to apply
What: Up to $30,000 for one-off, feature-length documentaries; up to $30,000 for series; up to $20,000 for television one-hour documentaries;and up to $20,000 for online series

To be eligible for assistance from Screen Australia's First Nations Department:

• a sole applicant must be an Australian Aboriginal or a Torres Strait Islander practitioner;
• projects must have Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander practitioners in 3 key creative roles at least as writer and director, and in the case of writing teams the lead writer must be First Nations Australian;

Applicants and their projects must meet:

• the general eligibility requirements set out in Screen Australia's Terms of Trade, and the eligibility requirements of the particular program.
• Applications must be made via the Application Portal on the Screen Australia website and include all supporting material listed.