Australian International Co-Production Program

Download the guidelines

• Guidelines for entering film co-production arrangements [DOC 63KB]
• Guidelines for entering film co-production arrangements [PDF 263MB]

The Australian International Co-Production Program is part of the Australian Government's Audio-visual Program and is administered by Screen Australia. The objective of audio-visual co-production treaties and less-than-treaty arrangements is to foster cultural development and cultural exchange by facilitating international audio-visual co-productions.

Audio-visual co-productions also:

• open up new markets for Australian audio-visual productions
• enable creative interchange
• strengthen existing diplomatic ties between countries, and
• increase the output of high quality productions through the sharing of equity investment.

The Department assesses potential co-production partner countries and negotiates treaties and less-than-treaty arrangements in consultation with government and industry stakeholders. Assessments are made in accordance with the criteria set out in the guidelines.

The Australian Government has entered into official co-production arrangements with the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, Canada, Italy, Ireland, Israel, Germany, Singapore, China and South Africa (Treaties) and France and New Zealand (Memoranda of Understanding or MOU).