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Screen Australia is an Australian screen industry body that describes its role as elevating Australian stories and empowering creators with funding, support, insights and global opportunities. Its website is the public entry point for that work: you can search for funding programs, read industry news and funding announcements, and access research on the value of Australian screen and games. It is most useful if you are a creator or producer looking for Australian public funding, or if you want to follow how that funding is being allocated.
What the site is for
The homepage frames the organisation around four things it provides to creators: funding, support, insights and global opportunities. In practice, the site works as a funding and news portal rather than a general streaming or consumer site.
Main sections you can use
Funding Finder
This is the core tool on the homepage. It is a filtered search for funding opportunities, with three filter fields:
- Category — All categories, Documentary, First Nations, Games, Industry Development, International, Narrative Content
- Type of funding — options appear after you choose a category
- Program name — options appear after you choose a funding type
You select a category first, then a funding type, then a program, and run the search. The dependency between the fields is the main thing to know: the later dropdowns stay empty until the earlier one is set.
Quick Links
A short set of direct links sits beside the Funding Finder:
- First Nations Funding
- Information for Recipients
- Funding Deadlines
- Funding Approvals
These are useful if you already know what you need — for example, checking a deadline before applying, or seeing which projects have been approved.
News
The news section carries funding announcements, program openings and industry updates. Examples visible on the homepage include applications opening for the Kids IP Incubator (run with the Australian Children's Television Foundation), the selection of Dr Trauma for the Dynamic Television Scripted Initiative, and announcements of Narrative Content funding for 75 projects (over $16.9 million in production and development funding) and documentary funding for 47 projects (over $5.7 million).
Screen Currency 2026
The site hosts a research series titled Screen Currency 2026: Understanding the value of Australian screen and games, made up of five reports: an Insights Overview plus Audience, Industry, Economic and Global Insights. The overview summarises what local and global audiences value in screen and games content, what they watch and play, and the industry dynamics affecting local production, access and discoverability.
Newsletter
A subscribe link lets you receive news and opportunities by email.
How to decide if it's relevant to you
| If you want to… | Start here |
|---|---|
| Find a funding program that fits your project | Funding Finder, choosing category then funding type |
| Check application timing | Funding Deadlines under Quick Links |
| See what has already been funded | Funding Approvals |
| Find funding specifically for First Nations creators | First Nations Funding |
| Track industry and funding news | News, or the newsletter |
| Understand the sector's economic and audience picture | Screen Currency 2026 reports |
Practical notes
The site does not display pricing or payment information on the homepage, so nothing there should be read as indicating that funding or services are free or that any login is or isn't required — check the individual program pages for eligibility and application conditions. Funding amounts quoted in news items describe specific announced rounds, not standard grant sizes.