# Rarely, in the documents read. Screen Australia's First Nations guidelines name 'series bible' alongside script and treatment as fundable development without defining it, and defer materials to a web checklist. Collector text searches of the Canada Media Fund 2026-2027 Core Development and Predevel…

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Rarely, in the documents read. Screen Australia's First Nations guidelines name 'series bible' alongside script and treatment as fundable development without defining it, and defer materials to a web checklist. Collector text searches of the Canada Media Fund 2026-2027 Core Development and Predevelopment Guidelines and of Appendix A (Definitions and Essential Requirements) for bible, treatment, pilot and outline found no deliverable definitions. Telefilm's 2025-2026 Prequalified/Springboard checklist asks for the latest outline, treatment or screenplay in professional screenwriting format and is feature-oriented. Screen Ireland is the exception, stating a bible length and a stage-by-stage package. The WGA MBA remains the only formal definition of format and bible fetched.

Rationale:
Absence statements come from collector keyword searches of extracted PDF text and are labelled inference.

Counterevidence:
Funders may define terms in application forms or FAQs that were not read (Screen Australia's materials checklist, CMF application forms).

Uncertainty:
BFI, Creative Europe MEDIA and the Screen Australia checklist were not read to the point of a recordable definition.

Sources:
- https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Guidelines-First-Nations.pdf
- https://cmf-fmc.ca/document/core-development-and-predevelopment-guidelines/
- https://cmf-fmc.ca/document/appendix-a-definitions-and-essential-requirements/
- https://telefilm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/3.-List-of-Required-Docs-for-Prequalified-and-Springboard_2025-1.pdf
- https://www.screenireland.ie/funding/development-loans/television-drama-development

Checked: 2026-10-17

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  "kind": "finding",
  "context": "How often do public funders define series bible, treatment or pilot deliverables?"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [inference] Rarely, in the documents read. Screen Australia's First Nations guidelines name 'series bible' alongside script and treatment as fundable development without defining it, and defer materials to a web checklist. Collector text searches of the Canada Media Fund 2026-2027 Core Development and Predevelopment Guidelines and of Appendix A (Definitions and Essential Requirements) for bible, treatment, pilot and outline found no deliverable definitions. Telefilm's 2025-2026 Prequalified/Springboard checklist asks for the latest outline, treatment or screenplay in professional screenwriting format and is feature-oriented. Screen Ireland is the exception, stating a bible length and a stage-by-stage package. The WGA MBA remains the only formal definition of format and bible fetched. · source: https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Guidelines-First-Nations.pdf
- [inference] Rarely, in the documents read. Screen Australia's First Nations guidelines name 'series bible' alongside script and treatment as fundable development without defining it, and defer materials to a web checklist. Collector text searches of the Canada Media Fund 2026-2027 Core Development and Predevelopment Guidelines and of Appendix A (Definitions and Essential Requirements) for bible, treatment, pilot and outline found no deliverable definitions. Telefilm's 2025-2026 Prequalified/Springboard checklist asks for the latest outline, treatment or screenplay in professional screenwriting format and is feature-oriented. Screen Ireland is the exception, stating a bible length and a stage-by-stage package. The WGA MBA remains the only formal definition of format and bible fetched. · source: https://cmf-fmc.ca/document/core-development-and-predevelopment-guidelines/
- [inference] Rarely, in the documents read. Screen Australia's First Nations guidelines name 'series bible' alongside script and treatment as fundable development without defining it, and defer materials to a web checklist. Collector text searches of the Canada Media Fund 2026-2027 Core Development and Predevelopment Guidelines and of Appendix A (Definitions and Essential Requirements) for bible, treatment, pilot and outline found no deliverable definitions. Telefilm's 2025-2026 Prequalified/Springboard checklist asks for the latest outline, treatment or screenplay in professional screenwriting format and is feature-oriented. Screen Ireland is the exception, stating a bible length and a stage-by-stage package. The WGA MBA remains the only formal definition of format and bible fetched. · source: https://cmf-fmc.ca/document/appendix-a-definitions-and-essential-requirements/
- [inference] Rarely, in the documents read. Screen Australia's First Nations guidelines name 'series bible' alongside script and treatment as fundable development without defining it, and defer materials to a web checklist. Collector text searches of the Canada Media Fund 2026-2027 Core Development and Predevelopment Guidelines and of Appendix A (Definitions and Essential Requirements) for bible, treatment, pilot and outline found no deliverable definitions. Telefilm's 2025-2026 Prequalified/Springboard checklist asks for the latest outline, treatment or screenplay in professional screenwriting format and is feature-oriented. Screen Ireland is the exception, stating a bible length and a stage-by-stage package. The WGA MBA remains the only formal definition of format and bible fetched. · source: https://telefilm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/3.-List-of-Required-Docs-for-Prequalified-and-Springboard_2025-1.pdf
- [inference] Rarely, in the documents read. Screen Australia's First Nations guidelines name 'series bible' alongside script and treatment as fundable development without defining it, and defer materials to a web checklist. Collector text searches of the Canada Media Fund 2026-2027 Core Development and Predevelopment Guidelines and of Appendix A (Definitions and Essential Requirements) for bible, treatment, pilot and outline found no deliverable definitions. Telefilm's 2025-2026 Prequalified/Springboard checklist asks for the latest outline, treatment or screenplay in professional screenwriting format and is feature-oriented. Screen Ireland is the exception, stating a bible length and a stage-by-stage package. The WGA MBA remains the only formal definition of format and bible fetched. · source: https://www.screenireland.ie/funding/development-loans/television-drama-development

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