The organisation aims to assist, promote and strengthen the NSW screen sector by delivering funding and support programs that attract investment, innovation and employment opportunities to the State.
Screen NSW offers a slate of competitive incentives to attract international footloose productions, post-production and digital games to the State.
Screen NSW also provides location and production liaison services, including facilitating international inbounds to NSW. Financial support for location scouts and inbounds may be available through the Location Scouts and Inbound Program.
Local filmmakers and Official Treaty Co-productions can apply for early development, advanced development or production finance support for projects ready to go into production.
Regional Filming Fund grants are available to support local productions that film on location in regional NSW for a minimum of five shooting days.
Sydney is a globally respected production, post-production and digital games centre with nearly 60% of all Australian crew. Sydney is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and is designated a UNESCO City of Film.
Senior Manager, Production Attraction (Made in NSW fund- International Footloose Production fund)
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+61 428 677 883
Manager, Production Attraction
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+61 419 279 215
Manager, Post, Digital and Visual Effects (PDV & Digital Games funds)
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+61 410 696 911
Made in NSW is an AU$175 million fund over four years (2020-2025). The level of financial assistance offered is determined on a case-by-case basis.
This incentive can be combined with the Australian Federal Government’s incentives: Location Offset, Location Incentive, PDV Offset, and the Producer Offset.
Projects must be footloose. Eligible projects include:
The NSW Post, Digital and Visual Effects (PDV) rebate offers eligible productions a 10 per cent rebate on Qualifying NSW PDV expenditure related to PDV work carried out in NSW.
The rebate can be combined with Australian Federal Government incentives.
An applicant must spend at least $AU500,000 on PDV in New South Wales.
Eligible formats are:
Applicants must register the project with Screen NSW prior to the commencement of PDV work for which the rebate is sought.
The NSW Digital Games rebate offers eligible productions a 10 per cent rebate on qualifying NSW digital games expenditure related to digital games work carried out in NSW on or later than 1 October 2021. The rebate can be combined with Australian Federal Government incentives.
EligibilityAn applicant must spend at least AU$500,000 on development of a digital game in New South Wales.
Applicants must register the project with Screen NSW prior to the commencement of digital games work for which the rebate is sought.
This program offers eligible productions assistance for location surveys and may include covering some of the costs associated with on-ground travel, including accommodation, domestic flights, vehicle hire and location manager services.
In addition to working with Ausfilm to facilitate international inbounds, Screen NSW welcomes direct enquiries.
Eligible projects include long-form feature films, telemovies, mini-series, TV series, pilots, and reality programs.
The program is open to projects prior to commencement of pre-production and prior to/or during financing.