Initiatives

AIDC 2025 Market and Travel Grants


Image: AIDC Regionality Sunshine Coast 2024, courtesy of AIDC.

Market dates: 2–5 March 2025

Applications close: Sunday 19 January 2025

Screen Queensland is offering Queensland-based practitioners the opportunity to attend the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) from Sunday 2 to Wednesday 5 March 2025.  

AIDC is Australia’s premier event for non-fiction content, featuring a four-day marketplace, forum and screening program. AIDC is committed to connecting creators and viewers of non-fiction screen content to support and elevate documentary and factual storytelling.  

Market and Travel grants to AIDC 2025 will include:

  • registration (valued at $995) and
  • up to $1,000 towards travel expenses such as flights, accommodation and ground travel.

Further funding will be considered on a case-by-case basis for Far North Queensland-based practitioners.

AIDC is supported through Screen Queensland’s Screen Culture Fund. Discover more about AIDC here.   

HOW TO APPLY

Applications will be assessed through the SmartyGrants platform and will require the following documentation and information:

  • CV of people travelling
  • list of proposed meetings
  • budget for travel
  • one-pagers for all projects being taken to market
  • any demonstrated market place interest in proposed projects
  • producer’s statement for all projects:
    • expectations of market/meetings
    • benefits to projects and professional development
  • additional statement substantially demonstrating why it is essential that the team travel
    together to the same event (where applicable).
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Applications will be assessed through Screen Queensland’s standard Travel & Marketing Grants Funding Guidelines.  

If you have any questions about the opportunity or application process, please call us on (07) 3248 0500 or email content@screenqld.com.au.