Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Program

The Pasifika Film Fest showcases Pacific storytelling through film while encouraging Pasifika writers, directors and actors to explore links to their culture.

In November 2019 the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow toured to three cities across India presenting a taste of Australia’s largest comedy festival, and current Australian comedy performance to Indian audiences at the NH7 Weekender Festival in Pune (India’s largest contemporary music and comedy festival), and in Mumbai and Kochi.

Funding will support the inaugural coming together of First Nation leaders from our region at a ten-day event to connect and collaborate.

Over the last three years the Australian Government has supported Screenwest’s Australia-Indonesia Fast Track Initiative.

This new collaborative project will combine multiple art forms from several high profile Australian dance, choreography and musical works.

Australia has established a strong reputation for producing high quality children’s theatre.

Australian and Chinese indie musicians and music industry professionals will work together to develop the market for Australian contemporary music.

Beijing Media Arts Biennale, will showcase the compelling work of Australian artists: Michaela Davies, Nancy-Mauro-Flude, Guy Ben-Ary, Helen Pynor, Mari Velonaki, Kynan Tan, Brad Miller, Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr, and others.

Shaun Parker and Company will undertake a large cultural exchange project featuring performances of new work "KING" and critically acclaimed work "Happy as Larry" to five countries across two regions including the Middle East and Western Europe.

The Three Seas is an international, inter-cultural music project that fuses modern Australian jazz with West Bengali folk music to create a unique and soulful sonic imprint that radiates joy.