Domestic Market Travel Support Program - MIFF 37ºSouth: Bridging the Gap 2026

Screen NSW has opened a competitive round to provide a limited number of NSW screen producers with travel support to attend MIFF 37ºSouth: Bridging the Gap (part of MIFF 37ºSouth Market) in Melbourne, Victoria, from 6-9 August, 2026.

Applications open on Wednesday 13 May 2026 and close Friday 29 May 2026 at 2pm AEST.

There will be up to two places reserved for eligible First Nations applicants.

The objectives of the program are to:

• Provide travel support for emerging or mid-level NSW-based practitioners to attend domestic markets 
• Support NSW creatives who are looking to upskill and connect with the wider Australian screen industry and reinvest back into the NSW screen content landscape 
• Ease the financial burden on practitioners who have been invited into competitive programs at markets
• Support connections that will shape the future of NSW’s creative community and strengthen NSW’s position in the global market 
• Increase the participation of practitioners from the NSW Government key priority areas.

Your application will be competitively assessed against the following weighted criteria:

• Applicant Track Record (30%)
• Merit of the Opportunity (30%)
• NSW Cultural & Economic Benefit (20%)
• Participation & Diversity (20%).

Please read the Guidelines before applying, including for additional details on the assessment criteria.

Completing the application

• Remember to save the form on a regular basis
• Applications MUST be submitted prior to 2pm of the closing date
• If you require further information please email industry@screen.nsw.gov.au.

MIFF 37ºSouth: Bridging the Gap is the core product of MIFF 37ºSouth Market, a screen content financing market for producers with pitch-ready developed script-stage projects staged in the opening days of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). It comprises: scheduled one-to-one meetings for producers with market-ready projects discuss their slates and deepen their relationships with 37ºSouth Market’s invited local and international screen financiers; and networking events mixing registered producers, financiers, government, distributors and sales agents to meet informally and talk about the business of film and TV.

Admission into MIFF 37ºSouth: Bridging the Gap is competitive, and practitioners must apply directly to MIFF to be considered for the market. 

Screen NSW's general eligibility requirements can be found in our Terms of Trade, which should be read in conjunction with the Program Guidelines.   

All applicants must fulfil the following criteria:

• Be an emerging or mid-career practitioner with relevant experience in producing screen content 
• Have a slate of market-ready projects to pitch
• Be a key creative on slate project/s: producer, writer, director
• Be over 18 years of age and a NSW resident (i.e., lived and operated in NSW for at least six months immediately before the date of application)
• Be an Australian citizen or full-time resident
• Have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• Intends to submit an application to participate in MIFF 37°South: Bridging the Gap*
• Is available to attend the entire MIFF 37°South Market in person from 6-9 August 2026.

*Note: Applicants do not need to have submitted or know of the outcome of their MIFF application when applying to Screen NSW, but funding for successful applicants will be conditional on being accepted into MIFF 37°South: Bridging the Gap.