Applications close: Thursday 4 June, 5pm
Screen Australia’s First Nations Department, in partnership with Screen Queensland, has launched the First Nations Factual Co-production Development Fund—a new national program designed to strengthen and elevate First Nations screen businesses in international markets.
The program will support up to five First Nations businesses to expand their global experience by fostering creative exchange between countries based on the development of factual projects that explore Indigenous perspectives of cultural significance.
Successful applicants will each receive a grant of $30,000 for the development of two factual projects with potential for international co-production or Official Co-production (created under treaty frameworks) and to attend Canada’s TIFF: The Market.
First Nations-owned and operated production companies led by Indigenous practitioners are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be mid-to-established career practitioners with at least two documentary screen credits or have created 60 minutes of factual content broadcast and be available to attend TIFF: The Market from Thursday 10 to Wednesday 16 September 2026.
Read the full guidelines before applying here.
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