For the purposes of festival submission eligibility, regional filmmakers are those who reside in the following areas:
- ACT – all areas in the ACT
- NSW – areas outisde metropolitan Sydney in the Regional Councils list on the Screen NSW website
- NT All areas in the Northern Territory
- Queensland – areas outside of Brisbane and South East Queensland, being defined as a 100 kilometre radius of the Brisbane or Gold Coast central business districts
- South Australia– areas outside of Adelaide, being more than a 50 kilometre radius from the Adelaide GPO
- TAS All areas outside Hobart
- VIC All areas outside Melbourne in regional Victoria as defined at https://creative.vic.gov.au/glossary/regional-victoria
- WA All regional areas 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 etc)