Incentives

Film Victoria’s Production Incentive Attraction Fund (PIAF) offers grants to attract 'footloose' screen projects to undertake production and/or post-production, in Victoria.

Projects are considered footloose where they have genuine production destination alternatives.

The minimum qualifying threshold is a Victorian spend of A$3.5 million.

The objectives of this program are to:

• Increase the level of screen production in Victoria
• Increase employment and skills development opportunities for Victorian based screen industry practitioners
• Increase business activity for Victorian based companies, including screen industry services, equipment providers and related industries.

Applications can be received at any time. 

Please see here for the latest Film Victoria COVID-19 updates and here for Production FAQs.

Film Victoria’s Production Incentive Attraction Fund – Post-Production, Digital and Visual Effects (PIAF PDV) program offers grants to attract footloose screen projects to undertake post-production, digital and visual effects components of their projects in Victoria.

The minimum qualifying threshold is a Victorian spend A$1 million.

The objectives of this program are to:

• Increase the level of screen PDV activity in Victoria
• Increase employment and skills development opportunities for Victorian based screen industry practitioners working in the PDV sector
• Increase business activity for Victorian based PDV facilities.

Applications can be received at any time. 

Film Victoria’s Regional Location Assistance Fund (RLAF) offers grants to encourage Victorian, interstate and international film and television productions to locate production activity in regional Victoria.

Productions must spend a minimum of A$100,000 qualified Regional Victorian spend, and accommodate the crew in the regional location for at least five nights. 

The objectives of this program are to:

• Attract production activity to regional Victoria (as identified in this map of Victorian regions)
• Increase business and employment opportunities for regionally based companies and residents
• Promote regional Victorian locations.

Applications can be received at any time. 

Film Victoria’s Indian Cinema Attraction Fund (ICAF) offers grants to attract screen projects from India to undertake production, or both production and post-production, in Victoria.

The minimum qualifying threshold is a Victorian production expenditure of A$700,000. 

Applicants must have produced at least 10 feature films, each of which have been exhibited on a minimum of 1,000 screens in India. Please refer to the guidelines for further eligibility requirements.

The objectives of this program are to:

• Increase the level of screen production in Victoria
• Showcase Melbourne and Victoria to audiences of Indian Cinema
• Increase skills development opportunities for Victorian screen industry practitioners, with a focus on members of the Indian diasporic communities
• Increase business activity for Victorian-based companies, including screen industry services, equipment providers and related industries.

Please email [email protected] to discuss your eligibility prior to submitting an application.

Applications can be received at any time. 

Please see here for the latest Film Victoria COVID-19 updates and here for Production FAQs.