Market and Travel fund
The Market and Travel fund assists practitioners to attend and participate in a range of industry opportunities. In 2024 we have expanded the Market and Travel fund offering into two streams.
The ongoing Market stream will continue to support Queensland-based practitioners to attend markets and conferences with a slate of projects that they are actively pitching, while the Professional Development stream provides travel support for practitioners in key creative roles selected to participate in eligible professional development opportunities.
The Market and Travel Fund is a rolling fund and all applications will be assessed competitively.
MARKET
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
MARKET
The Market stream of the Market and Travel fund is for Queensland-based individuals or teams travelling to screen industry markets, conventions and conferences to attract support and finance for their projects. Funding through this program supports flights, accommodation, ground travel and event registration.
Market support typically benefits producers and game developers looking to take a slate of 3+ projects to markets either nationally or internationally.
There are two ways to apply for Market support
- Apply to attend any eligible event of your choosing, submitting an application four weeks prior to the travel date
- Apply for specific opportunities listed below under the heading Market and Travel Initiatives
Queensland screen practitioners or teams can apply for $1,000–$1,500 for Australian Markets, $3,500–$5,000 for overseas markets in the Asia Pacific region, and $5,000–$7,500 for international markets beyond the Asia Pacific.
All applicants must be Bona Fide Queensland residents. Please submit your application a minimum four weeks prior to the travel date.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The Professional Development stream of the Market and Travel Fund supports Queensland-based above-the-line screen practitioners and game developers travelling to take part in a broad range of professional development activities and opportunities, such as:
- Writers travelling to take part in interstate or international writers' rooms and brainstorming sessions.
- Directors and Producers travelling to take part in on-set shadowing opportunities and attachments.
- Participation-by-invitation in significant national or international labs, workshops and masterclasses.
- Funding to support travel to other significant professional development opportunities will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Applicants must be able to provide evidence that they will be actively involved participants in the opportunity for which they seek funding, which must entail clear and demonstrable career-escalation benefits.
Applicants please note, the following will not be funded under the Professional Development stream of the Market and Travel fund and applications seeking funding for the below will be considered uncompetitive or ineligible.
- Attendance at film festivals, screenings, panels, workshops or conferences etc. solely as an audience member.
- Attendance at invitation-only events (labs, workshops, writers’ rooms etc.) where invitation to participate is not confirmed in writing.
- Internships, attachments, writers’ rooms and similar positions where the role is unpaid or paid below industry-standard minimums.
- Internships, attachments, writers’ rooms and similar positions where the production concerned does not have a clear pathway to audience/marketplace.
Funding will be capped and competitive.