Canada-Australia co-productions receive more than $700,000 in funding
Screen Australia and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced a financing incentive of more than $700,000 for three interactive digital media co-productions on 24 March. The Canada-Australia Interactive Digital Media Incentive supports projects that go beyond traditional screens, with content available across different media platforms.
The program is designed to encourage creative producers from each country to collaborate on experimental digital productions by facilitating the creation of innovative narrative pieces. By funding projects that use new technologies to tell culturally relevant stories, both countries demonstrate their continued support for original storytelling in the digital age.
"We're thrilled to be working with the Canada Media Fund to enable new collaborations between our countries. The selected projects look highly innovative in form and content, and are a great blend of Aussie and Canadian talent and ideas that we believe will result in something unique. We're confident these teams will overcome all the hurdles of co-production and provide inspiration for others to do more," stated Screen Australia CEO, Graeme Mason.
“This incentive gives producers in both countries the opportunity to push the geographic and creative boundaries of interactive storytelling,” says Valerie Creighton, President and CEO of the CMF. “Canada and Australia have a long-standing history of film and television co-production. Given the linguistic, historical and cultural ties between our two countries, it was only fitting that we extend our partnership to include an incentive for digital media co-production that supports innovation and creativity in both countries,” she added.
Projects were evaluated and chosen by a selection committee composed of representatives from both funding organisations. Projects were required to be a collaboration involving at least one eligible Canadian producer and at least one eligible Australian producer. Both organisations contributed an equal share in the total funding of the incentive.
Source: Screen Australia
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