Screenrights

30/08/2026

We're very excited to announce the six projects that will be supported by 2026 Screenrights Cultural Fund grants, with $293,400 in funding awarded for this year’s focus of Learning Through Story.

Young Yarnz will build a classroom focused digital platform with interactive, curriculum aligned learning modules around screen content featuring First Nations knowledge holders, with a grant of $50,000. Brock Casting Services Brisbane’s 'Lights On QLD : Story-Led Learning for Disabled Creatives’ will receive $49,400 for their disability-led screen training initiative to remove the structural barriers that prevent disabled creatives from accessing real pathways into the screen industry. And Studio Gilay will receive $50,000 for ‘Animation as Living Story’, a series of culturally safe online modules designed to transform industry production methodologies, addressing the underrepresentation of Indigenous practitioners in Australian animation.

Two Aotearoa New Zealand initiatives have been selected: a ‘Māori & Pasifika Impact Producing Lab’ will provide training in impact producing for up to eight Māori and Pasifika screen practitioners in Aotearoa New Zealand, provided by Nine Islands Media and supported by a $50,000 grant; and ‘He Kōrero Tuku Iho - Stories Carried Forward’ will see Film Bay of Plenty deliver a place-based screen storytelling series of workshops and story labs supporting diverse communities to translate lived and cultural stories into screen narratives, with $44,000 in funding from the Cultural Fund. And finally, a $50,000 grant will support ‘The Writers Lab for women screenwriters over 40’ to select female and non-binary writers over 40 from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand to participate in a script development intensive brought to Australia by Brooke Hemphill and based on a successful model rolled out in the USA, Canada, the UK and Europe.

Find out more about the initiatives here: https://www.screenrights.org/news/screenrights-announces-293k-funding-for-six-initiatives-supported-by-2026-cultural-fund

11/08/2026

Screenworks' Regional to Global 2026 program is out now! Screenrights is a proud supporter of the event.

🎬 The full Regional to Global 2026 program is here.

60+ speakers. 40+ main stage sessions & roundtables. Two days. One incredible regional setting.

This September in Lennox Head we're bringing together some of the most exciting voices in Australian screen - Teresa Palmer in conversation with Samantha Strauss, Miranda Tapsell discussing Top End Bub, the Commissioner Confidential panel, Visionaries Shaping Modern TV, a Mock Writers' Room and so much more.

Plus the Netflix Opening Night Drinks 🎉 and Screenrights Happy Hour 🥂

Single day tickets and roundtable registrations drop 25 August.

Full event tickets on sale now, we can't wait to see you there!
https://screenworks.glueup.com/event/regional-to-global-2026-183844/agenda.html
$300 Members | $450 Non-Members

01/07/2026

Screenrights has pledged support for CISAC's Paris Commitment, a global declaration launched at the centenary General Assembly of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers that advocates for the recognition, protection, and fair remuneration of human creativity in the age of Artificial Intelligence.

Find out more:

Screenrights Pledges Support for CISAC’s Paris Commitment

25/06/2026

We're hiring! Screenrights is looking for a Head of Policy & Stakeholder Relations – a newly created senior executive role reporting to the CEO and leading our policy agenda across copyright, licensing and regulatory reform. Full time or permanent part-time considered.

Explore current job openings at Screenrights. Join our Sydney-based team supporting screen creators and rights holders across Australia and New Zealand.

17/06/2026

23/04/2026

Our Chief Executive James Dickinson will be speaking at Screen Producers Australia's Screen Forever conference next Wednesday 29 April 2026 on the 'AI: After the Hype' panel, to share about licensing options for the landscape and why Screenrights is supporting an Extended Collective Licensing (ECL) approach.

Screenrights' Head of Licensing Scott James, Head of Marketing & Industry Support Sarah Steel, and Services Transformation Manager Dominique N. will also be attending – don't hesitate to get in touch for a meeting to discuss all things secondary royalties, ECL, Cultural Fund or whatever else is on your mind!

AI is no longer an abstract future concern for the screen industry— it is already embedded in daily decision making that impacts on a complex ecosystem of producer relationships: commissioners, financiers, distributors, creatives, cast and crew, rights‑holders and audiences. The panel will explo...

18/03/2026

Free application support is available if you have an idea that could benefit from a grant of up to $50k, and broadly benefits the screen industry with a focus of LEARNING THROUGH STORY. Book in a meeting with our grantwriting consultant before 30 March and apply by 8 April for the Screenrights Cultural Fund!

https://www.screenrights.org/cultural-fund/

04/03/2026

Screenrights Chief Executive James Dickinson currently talking about our advocacy work at the AIDC - Australian International Documentary Conference on a panel convened by Documentary Australia’s Stephanie King alongside Matt Deaner of Screen Producers Australia and Media Stockade’s Madeleine Hetherton-Miau, with Jason Potkins of the
Office for the Arts attending online from Canberra. Tomorrow we have a session all about Extended Collective Licensing and AI: https://www.aidc.com.au/event/fair-play-for-ai-the-future-of-screen-licensing-with-screenrights/

16/02/2026

GARUWA's NGALUWI initiative is born from the urgent call by First Nations storytellers for spaces that centre cultural safety and creative sovereignty. It's an experiment in responsive, relational mentorship that provides creative and strategic guidance to First Nations documentary filmmakers or teams. Supported by the Screenrights Cultural Fund, the program is currently accepting applications at https://garuwa.com/ngaluwi