The Extended Screen Production Recovery Fund supports selected NZFC funded and NZSPG-New Zealand productions who were impacted by a COVID-19 Event from 13 September 2022.
What we fund
Applications will be considered for New Zealand based screen productions that want funding to cover New Zealand-based losses during pre-production, production and post-production due to a COVID-19 Event that occurred between 13 September 2022 and 30 June 2023.
A COVID-19 Event from 13 September 2022 onwards means:
- Any delay or disruption to the project caused by restrictions due to cast or crew members testing positive for COVID-19.
- Any delay or disruption to the project caused by a government mandated restriction related to COVID-19.
As the industry has adjusted to filming within the revised protocols and practices associated with mounting a production in a COVID-19 environment, applicants can now only apply for additional costs that are explicitly attributable to a COVID-19 Event during pre-production, production or post-production.
Funding offered to a production will be capped at 10% of the original production budget ‘Below The Line’ total. Productions can apply to the fund more than once but only up to a cumulative 10% of the original production budget ‘Below the Line’ total.
Any previous funding awarded to your production by the Extended Screen Production Recovery Fund since 1 July 2021 will contribute to your 10% cap. This includes:
- the original Extended Screen Production Recovery Fund launched in September 2021;
- the Extended Screen Production Recovery Fund Alert Level Strand; and
- the Extended Screen Production Recovery Fund Protection Framework Strand.
Short films are excluded from the 10% funding cap. Instead funding offered to short films will be capped at $15,000 per project.
Who can apply
To be eligible to apply for funding, productions must:
a. be a New Zealand based screen production;
b. have incurred additional costs due to a COVID-19 Event between 13 September 2022 and 30 June 2023;
c. not have been abandoned and must, in the NZFC’s opinion, have a reasonable likelihood of being completed;
and
d. fall within one of the following categories prior to the relevant COVID-19 Event:
i. Be receiving funding from the NZFC. This may be evidenced by the production having a signed funding agreement with the NZFC or having received a conditional offer for funding from the NZFC; and/or
ii. have registered on the NZSPG-New Zealand registration form; and/or
iii. have applied for a provisional certificate for NZSPG-New Zealand; or
iv. have been issued a provisional certificate for NZSPG–New Zealand.
How to apply
Please read the Extended Screen Recovery Fund and register your intention to apply via email on screenrecovery@nzfilm.co.nz before making your application.
Apply using the online application portal at https://funding.nzfilm.co.nz/. Search for ‘Screen Production Recovery Fund’ and click ‘New Application’. The form will take you step by step through the application process and prompt you to provide all the information required.
The Extended Screen Production Recovery Fund will run until 30 June 2023. Applications can be submitted up until 31 July 2023. The NZFC advise that you apply as soon as possible given that funding is limited.