Revolving Film Finance Fund (RFFF)

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To provide a limited amount of funding as a facility to cashflow the Producer Offset, distribution guarantees, pre-sales, or any other collateral security that is acceptable to Screen Queensland.

Recent Announcement

The Screen Queensland Board has approved changes to the criteria for selection of projects that are eligible for support from the Revolving Film Finance Fund (RFFF) that extend the availability of the fund to productions made in Australia (including co-productions) by bona fide Queensland-based producers. For more information on this announcement, click here.

2012 Application Dates

Board Meeting Date	Application Closing Date
27 April 2012	26 March 2012
1 June 2012	30 April 2012
6 July 2012	11 June 2012
24 August 2012	23 July 2012
5 October 2012	10 September 2012
2 November 2012	8 October 2012
7 December 2012	12 November 2012

How to apply

Talk to us about your project before applying

Applicants are encouraged to discuss their application with the relevant Project Manager prior to submitting an application to Screen Queensland.

What will we support?

Australian projects in all formats including co-productions but excluding short films. Preference is always given to Queensland producers and production activity in Queensland.

Who may apply?

Australian producers intending to substantially produce a project in Queensland.

How will we select projects?

Priority will be given according the following principles:

availability of cash, which is dependent on borrowers repaying into the fund on time;
productions that demonstrate a Queensland spend which is a significant percentage of their budget;
productions that demonstrate engagement of a significant proportion of cast and crew from Queensland;
productions that commit to attachments of Queensland residents in key creative roles;
productions made in Australia (including co-productions) by a bona fide Queensland-based producer that do not fulfil any of the above three criteria;
level of security offered for the loan.

How much will be provided and in what form?

Subject to availability, support is capped at $4M for any one project or 50% of the project’s budget whichever is lesser and an aggregate of $6M for any one company at any time. There is no minimum amount that may be applied for.

Screen Queensland requires acceptable security for loans and, for loans to cashflow the Producer Offset, Screen Queensland will require access to revenues from the project to repay any balance of the loan not recovered from the producer offset. A copy of Screen Queensland’s Security Policy for the RFFF can be obtained on request.

Visit ‘The Vault’ for more information including the application form.