International Film Co-Production Program

A letter to Richard Cohen of Screen Australia

Richard Letts
December 15, 2009

The music council has responded to a review of the Guidelines for the International Film Co-production Program being conducted by Screen Australia.

The Music Council has become aware that there has been some pressure on Screen Australia for the Guidelines to be watered down, a position the Music Council both regrets and opposes. The Music Council considers that the current Guidelines are fair and balanced, recognize the importance of accessing reciprocal benefits, appropriately reflect the cultural underpinning of the Program, provide an effective mechanism for the financing of film and television programs in an increasingly globalised and competitive international market place and sit comfortably within and are complementary to the Government’s matrix of industry support....

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