Connect direct to your audience, gain valuable credits and retain your Intellectual Property (IP) and creative control through Screen Queensland's Online Production Grants which provides up to $100,000 for Queensland-made online series.

The fund is open to Queensland above-the-line practitioners of all experience levels with projects across a broad range of genres including scripted and factual content.

Two streams are available: three projects will be supported with grants of $50,000 and one project will receive a grant of $100,000. To apply for the $100,000 stream, applicants must demonstrate secured co-funding at 50% of the grant amount.

Applicants should consider the following:

• budgets should consider the chosen platform, experience of the team and length of series
• series are expected to run for approximately 20 to 30 minutes (total content)
• co-funding for projects applying for the $100,000 stream must be secured at the point of application, at a minimum of 50% of the Screen Queensland ask, with confirmation of co-funding provided to Screen Queensland. This co-funding cannot include reinvestment
• for productions where IP is owned by interstate producer working with Queensland key creatives, Screen Queensland funding will be capped at $50,000, with the expectation that co-funding is secured at the time of application.

To be eligible, applicants must:

• have a creative team (writer, director and/or producer) 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 only be considered eligible by demonstrating extraordinary benefits to Queensland by escalating above-the-line Queensland resident talent
• tell an original story developed for online spaces
• demonstrate that one member of the key creative team has experience producing online content
• only submit one application per round
• have not already received an Online Production Grant from Screen Queensland in the same financial year.

The following formats are eligible for the grants:

• episodic series created for YouTube, Facebook, TikTok or Instagram Reels*
• one-off XR** projects intended for public access on a screen-based device.

*Screen Queensland recognises this part of the industry is fast-changing, so other release platforms may be eligible.

**XR (Extended reality) is a term referring to all real-and virtual combined environments and human-machine interactions generated by computer technology and wearables. It included augmented reality (AR), augmented virtuality (AV) and virtual reality (VR).

• Phone: 07 3248 0500
• Email: content@screenqld.com.au