• 2025 Dunedin Script Accelerator Grant Application

  • Kia ora,

    Great to know you're considering applying for the Dunedin Script Accelerator. Before you start, please bear in mind some administrative bits and pieces:

    Lead Applicants must be NZ citizens or NZ permanent residents and have their permanent residence in the city of Dunedin. You can find the full list of eligibility criteria below.

    You may save this application and resume later on, or share the link with your team members. Applications close: Monday 14 April 2025, 5pm (NZST).

    The treatment and script PDF's must have all identifying details removed. Identifying details are writer(s) names, contact details and other type of personal identifiers.

    All uploaded files need to be clearly labelled as follows: FIRST NAME AND LAST NAME_PROJECT NAME

    For the full funding guidelines and eligibility criteria, please follow this link or copy and paste the below url into your browser tab:

    https://www.filmotagosouthland.com/key-information/funding-and-incentives/dunedin-script?stage=Stage

  • Eligibility Materials

    The selectors will not see these materials, as they are not part of the blind-assessed selection process.
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  • Chain of Title / Rights to the Works

  • Applicants must be the rights holder of the works in the application. Whether the work is original, an adaptation, or based on other source material the Applicants must hold and maintain the rights in the work when entering and while they are a current recipient of a grant.

    Applicants applying with an adaptation idea need to state the original source material and provide written evidence that they are the rights holder of the works to be adapted.

    By entering, the Applicants confirm these rights. If an Applicant does not hold these rights, Dunedin City Council reserves the right to withdraw funding and the recipient will be required to return any funding already received.

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  • Assessment Materials

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  • Specific Terms and Conditions for the Dunedin Script Accelerator Grant

  • 1 The Applicant agrees that the Script Grant is for feature film projects or serial dramas only.

    2 No relationship of agency is established between DCC and the Applicant by the submission of this application.

    3 The Applicant acknowledges and agrees that: 

    a. DCC will receive many ideas, scripts and projects for consideration or assessment and it is possible that some of the ideas, scripts and projects already under consideration or submitted after the date of this application may be similar or identical to some or all of the project submissions; and
    b. The Applicant will not hold DCC liable in any way for the use of ideas of a general or generic nature contained in the submission (including, without limitation, any idea, theme, situation, geographic area and/or period in history).

    4 All rights in the submission remain the property of the Applicant. DCC may copy the submission for assessment, however, will not otherwise copy or distribute the submission without the prior consent of the Applicant.

    5 DCC is not responsible for the loss of submissions, Applicants must retain a copy of their submission.

    6 All decisions concerning applications and assessments of project submissions are at the absolute discretion of DCC. No further correspondence will be entered into with Applicants.

    7 All Applicants must be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident.

    8 Assessors and staff of DCC are not eligible to apply for this Script Grant.

    9 Changes to these Specific Terms for the Script Grant funding may be made by the DCC and notified to Applicants either by email or by updating the DCC website.

    10 All Applicants agree to the general DCC Funding and Grants Terms and Conditions and acknowledge the DCC Grants Management Policy, as shown on the DCC website below:

    https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/funding-and-grants

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