2024-25 International Travel Fund

Before you start your application, please review the:

• Guidelines
• Terms of Trade
• Application form, including the submission material requirements

If you have any questions, please contact us at investment@screen.nsw.gov.au

Applicants should be mindful that you must apply before any travel occurs, all costs will need to be paid for upfront, and successful applications will be funded retrospectively. Applications cannot be made after travel occurs.

The International Travel Fund supports NSW screen practitioners for travel related to significant international festivals, markets, awards, industry trade missions and financing projects. This program aims to increase accessibility to opportunities that foster the advancement of the NSW screen industry and its practitioners globally.

Applicants may apply through this program for funding related to either International Market Travel or International Festival Travel.

Applicants are encouraged to contact Screen NSW (investment@screen.nsw.gov.au) if they are uncertain about eligibility for this program.

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

Applicants must:

• Be NSW-based, or otherwise:
• Provide evidence of a 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 to the proposed project(s) taken to the festival or market
• Have an Australian Business Number (ABN).

Additionally:

• Market Travel: Applicants must be attending a recognised screen industry market with a demonstrable slate of at least three projects aiming to further financing and market partnerships. Applicants must be the be the rights holder for each project included in the slate proposed to be taken to market.
• Festival Travel: Applicants must be invited to represent project/s with confirmed screenings in the program of an approved international festival or major awards ceremony and evidence of selection must be provided.
• Both Market and Festival Travel: An individual or a team can submit up to three applications to this program in any financial year, but only one application at a time.

Please note that Screen NSW funding is entirely limited to travel costs for proposed NSW-based Key Creatives intending to travel. In addition, projects that have not received Screen NSW development or production finance are still eligible for this Fund.

If applying more than once, a strong case must be made to support this. This includes demonstrating exceptional market potential for your slate, confirmed high-level industry meetings and substantial financial commitments contingent on the project's development. Generally, we will not consider additional funding for a project that has a current application to another Screen NSW program.

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

Market Travel

• Whether the proposed travel is essential to advancing the financing of the applicant’s slate, taking in to account market readiness of the projects and the opportunities provided by the market or targeted meetings (25%)
• The track record of the applicant including the financial track record and experience of the applicant and any key creatives (25%)
• The appropriateness of the budget submitted (25%)
• The potential of the projects to contribute to a robust screen industry in NSW (25%).

Festival Travel

• The track record of the applicant, including the financial track record and experience of the applicant and any Key Creatives (25%)
• The networking and professional development opportunities provided by the festival (25%)
• The likelihood it will assist the applicant’s next project, relative to their level of experience (25%)

The appropriateness of the budget submitted (25%).

The Applicant acknowledges and agrees that:

• submission of this application does not guarantee funding will be granted for any project, and Screen NSW expressly reserves its right to accept or reject this application at its discretion;
• it must bear the costs of preparing and submitting this application and Screen NSW does not accept any liability for such costs, whether or not this application is ultimately accepted or rejected; and
• it has read the Funding Guidelines for the Program and has fully informed itself of the relevant program requirements.

By submitting this application form, the Applicant acknowledges and agrees that:

• if this project application is successful, the relevant details of the project will be made public, including details such as the names of the organisation (Applicant) and any partnering organisation (state government agency or non-government organisation), project title, project description, location, anticipated time for completion and amount awarded;
• Screen NSW will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that any information received in or in respect of this application which is clearly marked ‘Commercial-in-confidence’ or ‘Confidential’ is treated as confidential, however, such documents will remain subject to the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) (GIPA Act); and
• in some circumstances Screen NSW may release information contained in this application form and other relevant information in relation to this application in response to a request lodged under the GIPA Act or otherwise as required or permitted by law.