Screenrights’ 2020 Cultural Fund is now open for applications.

The fund supports initiatives and projects that make a broad positive contribution to industry development in Australia and New Zealand. This year’s focus is ‘new voices’. Up to $50,000 per initiative will be distributed to successful projects that capture the key qualities of: diversity; innovation; inspiration; collaboration; and transparency.

The Screenrights’ Cultural Fund is not a production fund. Rather, it is looking for projects which provide solutions to overcoming barriers to access and use of meaningful screen content for teachers and students in education and training.

The fund aims to support new projects that are innovative, display professional craft and represent a benchmark of excellence in their field.

Since its establishment in 2018, the cultural fund has invested in projects such as: a new screen content delivery platform controlled by eyes, muscle and the mind; an app for sharing culturally significant Indigenous material in schools; and a program to build new screen audiences in rural areas of Australia.

Projects that have a positive impact on increasing diversity are highly valued. The Cultural Fund supports a wide range of projects, from individual activities to large-scale initiatives.

Applications for the Cultural Fund are open until 5PM AEST on Wednesday 29 April. To learn more, visit: www.screenrights.org/cultural-fund.

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