Domestic Market Travel Support Program – Regional to Global 2025

Screen NSW has opened a competitive travel round to provide a limited number of NSW screen practitioners with funding support to attend the 2025 Regional to Global Conference, being held in Lennox Head, NSW from 18-20 June 2025. 

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

Applications for the Regional to Global 2025 Domestic Market Travel Support Program round open on Tuesday 15 April 2025 and close on Wednesday 30 April 2025 at 10:00 AEST.

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.

Regional to Global Pass

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

Screen NSW can facilitate a reduced rate of $200 for successful applicants who have not yet purchased a pass.

Completing the application

• Remember to save the form on a regular basis
• Applications MUST be submitted prior to 10am of the closing date
• If you require further information please email industry@screen.nsw.gov.au. 

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

In addition, all applicants must fulfil the following criteria:

• Be an early to mid-career practitioner with relevant experience in producing screen content 
• Have at least one market-ready project
• Be a key creative on the project(s): producer, director, writer
• Be a NSW-based individual, project team or company:
  • 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 project team, both applicants must be over 18 years of age, NSW residents and key creatives on the proposed project(s)
  • 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 can nominate up to two people, and each nominee must be over 18 years of age, a NSW resident and a key creative on the project(s).
• Be an Australia citizen or full-time resident
• Have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• Be available to attend the entire Regional to Global conference from June 18-20, 2025.