2020-21 Create NSW Development Application Form

We acknowledge the Aboriginal people of what is now called New South Wales and value their ongoing connections to country, community and culture that have existed across millennia.

We celebrate through these connections, Aboriginal cultural strength, resilience and contemporary creativity.

We respect the role that Aboriginal creatives play in contribution to a deeper sense of identity and place through sharing knowledge, skills and stories and the important role that Aboriginal Elders are in guiding this process.

Early Development offers support for both pre-draft and early draft costs.
Early Development Funding Range - Any amount up to $50,000 - we expect most requests to be between $2,000 and $20,000. 

Advanced Development contributes towards later stage draft and non-draft costs to complete financing where a strong interest has already been established in the marketplace. Advanced Development Funding Range - Any amount up to $50,000 - we expect most requests to be between $2,000 and $20,000. Only outstanding market-ready projects with a highly credentialed team will be considered at the upper level. 

Closing Dates - June 30th 2021.
Development is open all year round. However we close & refresh these rounds at the end of every financial year (June 30th) and open the next day (July 1st). Any unsubmitted applications will need to be re-entered into the new form.

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• Applicants will generally be a NSW based Key Creative, individual or company.  

If you are not based in NSW you must:

• • provide evidence of a genuine co-production partnership with a NSW-based company or producer OR
  • have at least one NSW based Key Creative (writer, producer or director) attached OR
  • satisfy Screen NSW that the project offers outstanding benefits to the NSW screen industry
    
    
• The applicant must intend to produce or post produce the project in NSW.
• The applicant must hold the rights in the project.
• Teams generally need to include a Key Creative with credits in a relevant genre. If your team does not have these credits, please provide other information demonstrating that you have the relevant market knowledge and relationships.

Your application will be competitively assessed against the following criteria:

EARLY DEVELOPMENT

• The strength and distinctiveness of the concept.
• The strength of the story and the quality of the submitted materials.
• The plans for use of the funding. 
• The potential of the project to reach its target audience and its viability in terms of likely budget relative to market.
• The track record of the Key Creative(s), including the financial track record and experience of the applicant and any Key Creatives.
• The potential of the project to contribute to a robust screen industry in NSW.

ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT

• The strength and distinctiveness of the concept.
• The strength of the story and the quality of the submitted materials. 
• The plans for use of the funding .
• The potential of the project to reach its target audience and its viability in terms of likely budget relative to market.
• The track record of the Key Creative(s), including the financial track record and experience of the applicant and any Key Creatives. 
• The potential of the project to contribute to a robust screen industry in NSW.

Screen NSW is committed to supporting increased participation in the industry of people from under-represented groups including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from CaLD backgrounds, people with disability, LGBTQI people, people from western Sydney and people from regional NSW. Priority will be given to teams including people from under-represented groups.