For the purposes of festival submission eligibility, regional and remote filmmakers are those who reside in the following areas:
- ACT – all areas in the ACT
- NSW – areas outside Sydney in the Regional Councils list on the Screen NSW website
- NT – all areas in the Northern Territory
- Queensland – areas outside Brisbane/South East Queensland, being defined as outside a 100 kilometre radius of the Brisbane/Gold Coast central business districts
- South Australia– areas outside Adelaide, being more than a 50 kilometre radius from the Adelaide GPO
- TAS All areas outside Hobart as defined at https://www.dpac.tas.gov.au/divisions/local_government/council_directory
- VIC 48 regional areas outside Melbourne as defined under Regional local government areas at https://creative.vic.gov.au/glossary/
- WA All regions outside Perth as defined at https://www.screenwest.com.au/film-in-wa/locations/interactive-map/regions-of-wa/
- All other territories of Australia (eg Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, Antarctica etc)
International entries are not eligible for this festival.