Regional Filming Fund 2025-26

The Regional Filming Fund offsets costs associated with shooting in regional areas of NSW.

The objectives of the program are to:

• Increase economic activity in regional NSW, by encouraging NSW screen productions to film outside of metropolitan areas
• Enable regional NSW to benefit from the growth of film and television production in the State.

Applicants must fulfil the following eligibility criteria:

• The production must film on location in Regional NSW for a minimum of five shooting days in a single Local Government Area (LGA).
• At least one of the Key Creatives must be NSW-based
• The production company must be registered in NSW and have its principal place of business in NSW unless the production has an eligible NSW Spend of at least $5 million
• The production must film on location in Regional NSW for a minimum of five shooting days
• At least 50% of the total budget must be expended in NSW
• Productions must be fully financed at the time of application, with the exception of contributions being sought from Screen NSW and other state, federal or international agencies (Note: we will only consider an application where those agencies have confirmed their contribution or if the application has been submitted to a funding round running concurrently with the Screen NSW round.)
• Productions that have been shortlisted for Screen Australia’s Documentary Production Producer Program or Multi-Platform Drama Fund may apply
• Feature films must have distribution in place
• Television drama, narrative comedy and factual/documentary programs must have a financial commitment from a broadcaster, subscription service or distributor.

Types of projects funded under this grant:

• Feature films
• Adult and children’s television drama and narrative comedy including series, miniseries, web series and telemovies
• Content-rich factual and documentary television or web programs and series
• Animation series
• Creative interactive screen entertainment.

Applications to the Regional Filming Fund that are declined cannot be resubmitted unless there is a significant change to the proposal.