Grant Recipients 2022-23

Grants available:

Seed Funding

ProjectRecipientAmount
Round 1  
Control Room Justin Crooks $5,000
Mine Raiders Angelo Razafimamonjy $5,000
Mulga Bore Hard Rock Band Rebecca McLean $5,000
Quizmasters Justin Crooks $5,000
Round 2  
Born and Bred – The King Ingoda Story Samantha Laughton $5,000
Darwin Superhero Comedy Sean Guy $5,000
From the Silence Came the Music – A DSO Documentary Trade Creative Media Pty Ltd $5,000
Going Troppo Kate Wyvill $5,000
Venator and the Fireball Crystal Elwynn Jones $5,000
Queers of the Desert Bonny Scott $5,000
Round 3  
How Hard is Your Life Justin Grant $5,000
In the Sacred Garden Helen Browning $5,000
Nothing But Glory Onil Lad $5,000

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Project Development

ProjectRecipientAmount
Round 1  
Dear Son Tamarind Tree Pictures Pty Ltd $13,000
Sweet Country 2 Retroflex Lateral Pty Ltd $10,000
Round 2  
Cult Cars Season 1 Ten 4 Media Pty Ltd $16,418
Language of Birds Erica Glynn $10,000
Mulga Bore Hard Rock – Journey of a Lifetime Rebecca McLean $10,000
Round 3   
Cloud Money Brindle Films Pty Ltd $10,000

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Games Development

ProjectRecipientAmount
Round 3  
Diets and Deities Larrikin Interactive Pty Ltd $40,000
Pasture: The Livestock Simulator Salty Games Pty Ltd $40,000

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Audience Development

ProjectRecipientAmount
Round 1  
Darwin International Film Festival 2022 Darwin Film Society Inc $15,000
Flickerfest 2023 NT Tour Flickerfest Pty Ltd $6,000
Walk-In Cinema 2022 Watch This Space Inc $10,000
Round 3  
Darwin International Film Festival 2023 Darwin Film Society Inc $15,000

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Industry Partnerships

ProjectRecipientAmount
Round 1  
ACS NT Chapter Awards for Cinematography 2022 Australian Cinematographers Society – NT Branch $15,000
NT Screen Summit 2022 Darwin Film Society Inc $15,000
Spark Initiative 2022 Darwin Film Society Inc $15,000

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Production Finance

ProjectRecipientAmount
Round 1  
Mamirnikuwi Rebecca Parker $18,000
Nyarrpararla Malaju Warlpiri Media Aboriginal Corporation / Anna-Marie Harding $18,000
Power to Country Garuwa Creative Pty Ltd $18,000
She Flys Bridget May $16,335
Round 3  
Honey Ant Dreamers Savage Films NT Pty Ltd $450,000
Journey HomeBrindle Films Pty Ltd$120,000
The Hairy Marys The Hairy Marys SPV Pty Ltd $50,000
Thou Shalt Not Steal Since1788 Productions Pty Ltd $180,000

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Production Attraction Incentive Program

ProjectRecipientAmount
Desert King Desert King Productions Pty Ltd $1,302,894
KangarooStudioCanal Pty Ltd$1,200,000
Top End BubGoalpost Television Pty Ltd$1,000,000

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SPARK Short Film Initiative 2023

ProjectRecipientAmount
Fiasco Thomas Midena $30,000
First Drop Emma Smith $30,000
Hephaestion Sean Guy $30,000
Rust Philip Denson $30,000

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Career Development

ProjectRecipientAmount
The Moogai Samantha Laughton $15,000
The Moogai Jayden Moyle $15,000
The Moogai Delroy Tranter $14,761

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Travel

ProjectRecipientAmount
MIFF37 South 2022 Philip Denson $2,000
MIFF37 South 2022 Samantha Laughton $2,000
MIFF37 South 2022 Justin Crooks $1,750
MIFF37 South 2022 Rebecca McLean $2,000
MIFF37 South 2022 Angelo Razafimamonjy $2,000
NIDA Props Making Workshop 2022 Carmen Robinson $1,993
NIDA Props Making Workshop 2022 Christine Ng $2,000
NIDA Hair & Make-Up Essentials Workshop 2022 Aoife Murray $1,200
Darwin International Film Festival 2022 Chili Films Pty Ltd $2,325
Darwin International Film Festival 2022 Tamarind Tree Pictures Pty Ltd $2,000
Darwin International Film Festival 2022 Anna-Marie Harding $2,000
Darwin International Film Festival 2022 Brindle Films Pty Ltd $4,000
ABC Doc Society Initiative Garuwa Creative Pty Ltd $2,000
ABC Doc Society Initiative Anna-Marie Harding $2,000
ABC Doc Society Initiative Rebecca Parker $2,000
MIPCOM 2022 Exposure Productions Pty Ltd $5,000
MIPCOM 2022 Bridget May $5,000
Adelaide Film Festival 2022 Chili Films Pty Ltd $4,000
Adelaide Film Festival 2022 Jonathan Daw $2,000
Brisbane International Film Festival Chili Films Pty Ltd $4,000
AACTA Awards for ‘Black As’ Rebel Films Pty Ltd $7,380
Content London Trisha Morton Thomas $5,000
Content London Rachel Clements $5,000
Australian Directors Guild Awards 2022 Chili Films Pty Ltd $2,000
AIDC 2023 Anna-Marie Harding $2,000
AIDC 2023 Bridget May $2,000
AIDC 2023 Rebecca McLean $2,000
AIDC 2023 Chili Films Pty Ltd $2,000
AIDC 2023 Samantha Laughton $2,000
AIDC 2023 Rebecca Parker $2,000
AIDC 2023 Moogie Down Productions Pty Ltd $3,370
AIDC 2023 Naina Sen $2,000
AIDC 2023 Brindle Films Pty Ltd $4,000
Games Development Conference 2023 Skye Lavelle $5,000
Games Development Conference 2023 Declan Smyth $5,000
ACS National Awards Anna-Marie Harding $2,000
ACS National Awards Chris Tangey $1,980
Screen Forever 37 Bridget May $2,000
Screen Forever 37 Abby Dunn $2,000
Screen Forever 37 Sarah Price $2,000
Screen Forever 37 Samantha Laughton $2,000
Screen Forever 37 Rebecca Parker $2,000
Screen Forever 37 Brindle Films Pty Ltd $4,000
Sydney Film Festival 2023 Carolyn MacDonald $2,000
Sydney Film Festival 2023 Warlpiri Media Aboriginal Corporation $2,000
MIFF 37 South Market 2023 Anna-Marie Harding $2,000
MIFF 37 South Market 2023 Bridget May $2,000
MIFF 37 South Market 2023 Alexandra Edmondson $2,000
MIFF 37 South Market 2023 Chili Films Pty Ltd $2,000

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