Screen NSW is inviting applications for this year’s Slate Development Funding program, which provides screen companies based in the state with $100,000 to develop three projects across TV drama, factual, features, online, and immersive narrative that are produced and/or post-produced in NSW.

To be eligible, each proposed project must include one female-identifying key creative and at least one key creative from the following groups: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), people with disability, LGBTQIA+, and Western Sydney or regional NSW practitioners.

Since 2020, Screen NSW has supported 20 companies with slate development funding to deliver a range of titles, including Fremantle Media’s Heartbreak High, Lingo Pictures’ The Messenger, and WildBear Entertainment documentary Rachel’s Farm.