Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO4180

The objective of the Location Incentive is to ensure that Australia remains competitive in attracting large budget international film and television productions, thereby providing opportunities for Australian cast, crew, post-production companies and other screen production service providers to participate in production. It will contribute to the development of the Australian screen production industry’s capabilities and help ensure its future viability.

The Location Incentive will provide funding of $540 million over eight years from 2019-20. Grants will be provided to large budget international screen productions undertaking filming in Australia that perform strongly against the assessment criteria.

In the 2023-24 Budget, the Australian Government announced the Location Offset will increase from 16.5 per cent to 30 per cent from 1 July 2023. Due to this increase to the Location Offset rebate rate, the Location Incentive will stop accepting applications from 30 June 2023.

To be eligible for funding, productions must

• meet the eligibility criteria for the Location Offset,
• utilise the services of one or more Australian post, digital or visual effects providers,
• and secure support from relevant state or territory governments.

More detail is provided in the Grant opportunity guidelines.

Assessment of applications – 6-8 weeks

Negotiations and award of grant agreement – 1-3 weeks

Notification to unsuccessful applicants – 2 weeks

$540,000,000.00

To apply for funding, applicants must submit an online application, https://arts.smartygrants.com.au/. If you are unable to use the online form please contact the Screen Incentives Section on (02) 6271 1543 or at filmenquiries@arts.gov.au.