International Co-productions
Canada Media Fund (CMF) continues to support international treaty co-productions through its funding programs. In 2010-2011, the CMF supported 23 co-productions through its Convergent Stream programs, for a total funding contribution of $9.1M. This represents a decline from the average of the previous five years, at 27 projects and $13.0 M in funding respectively. The decline is largely due to the lower number of TV hours of convergent co-productions compared to the previous five year average of 148.
Convergent | 2010-2011 | Prior 5-year average | |||
$M | # of Convergent Projects | TV Hours | $M TV Hours | TV Hours | |
Majority Treaty co-pros | 4.7 | 9 | 52 | ||
Majority Share % of Total | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.1 | ||
Minority Treaty co-pros | 4.4 | 14 | 47 | ||
Minority Share % of Total | 1.5 | 3.1 | 1.9 | ||
All Treaty co-pros | 9.1 | 23 | 99 | 13.0 | 148 |
All Treaty co-pros % of Total | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
Total Convergent projects | 288.3 | 452 | 2,491 | 265.0 | 2,275 |
The top three countries with which the CMF-funded producers partnered in 2010-2011 were the United Kingdom (UK) with 12 projects, France with six projects and Singapore with two projects. The number of co-productions with France has declined by more than 50% from last year, while no co-productions occurred with either Germany or Australia, which have consistently partnered with CMF-funded producers in the past.
As mentioned in the Industry Context section of this report, the federal government released its Policy on Audiovisual Treaty Co-production for discussion earlier this year, with the goal to address Canada’s declining treaty co-production activity.
# of Projects | |
United Kingdom | 12 |
France | 6 |
Singapore | 2 |
Belgium | 1 |
Brazil | 1 |
Hungary | 1 |
Ireland | 1 |
In the Experimental Stream, there were only two international co-productions, one with the UK and one with France. There are currently no official international treaties for digital media productions.
Experimental | $M | # |
Majority international co-pros | 1.2 | 2 |
Majority Share % of Total | 5 | 5 |
Minority international co-pros | 0.0 | 0 |
Minority Share % of Total | - | - |
Total Experimental projects | 21.3 | 42 |