The Insider's Guide to Film Finance

2  Co-productions

Alan Harris

 

Things were fine between us, until the litigation started.

UK Producer discussing his relationship with a Canadian Co-producer

 

 

Introduction

Increasingly over the past few years one of the most important items in the producer's toolbox has been an understanding of co-production treaties and conventions.

The British Government has entered into co-production treaties with other countries in Europe and around the world with the purpose of encouraging a pooling of creative, artistic, technical and financial resources among producers of those countries.

Films produced under the terms of a co-production treaty qualify as national content in the country of each participating co-producer and thus make the production ...