Domestic Market Travel Support Program - AIDC 2025

Screen NSW has opened a competitive travel round to provide a limited number of NSW screen practitioners (working in factual) with funding support to attend the 2025 Australian International Documentary Conference, being held in Naarm, Melbourne from March 2-5, 2025. 

There will be up to two places reserved for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants. 

Applications for the 2025 AIDC - Domestic Market Travel Support Program round open on Monday 16 December 2024 and close on Monday 6 January 2025 at 14:00. All times are AEDT.

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.

AIDC Pass

Successful applicants will need to purchase their own pass for the conference.  

Screen NSW can facilitate a reduced rate of $895 including GST, which is a 10% discount, if you are awarded travel support and don’t yet have your pass.  Neither AIDC or Screen NSW will retrospectively facilitate partial refunds if you have already purchased a full-price pass.

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 

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

All applicants need to fulfil the following criteria:

• Be an early to mid-career practitioner with relevant experience in producing screen content 
• Have a slate of market-ready projects to pitch
• Be a key creative on the project(s): producer, director, writer
• Be a NSW- based company or individual:
  • If an individual, the applicant must be over 18 and be a NSW resident (i.e., lived and operated in NSW for at least six months immediately before the date of application)
  • If a company, the company must be incorporated and registered in Australia and have its principal place of business in NSW for at least six months immediately before the date of application. Company applicants must nominate one person (traveller) and the traveller must be over 18 and be a NSW resident.
• Be an Australia citizen or full-time resident
• Have an Australian Business Number (ABN)

To be eligible for this round you must also:

• Be an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander practitioner, with relevant experience in factual taking part in AIDC’s Indigenous Creators Program (preference may be given to those with market-ready projects); OR
• Be an early to mid-career practitioner with relevant experience in factual and you have been invited to pitch in one of AIDC’s competitive programs, or have a slate of market-ready projects to pitch 

AND

• Be able to attend the entire conference from March 2-5, 2025