A slice of Bollywood in Brisbane or a splash of Melbourne in Mumbai is now on the cards for filmmakers thanks to a new agreement between Australia and India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia\u2019s film industry will benefit from an exciting new partnership with India \u2013 following the ratification of the Australia-India Audio-visual Co-production Agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The treaty-level agreement will strengthen collaboration and creative exchange between Australia and India, allowing more films and television series to showcase the best of both cultures, landscapes and people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The agreement will strengthen the existing ties between the Australian and Indian film industries, assist Australian producers reach new audiences, and Australian audiences to connect with new stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The agreement – announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March – will also open up new avenues for industry investment and help distribution for Australian producers in one of the world’s largest and growing markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Projects in both countries will be able to access government funding including grants, loans and tax offsets under the agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the inception of the co-production program in Australia almost 40 years ago, formal arrangements have been signed with 14 countries, leading to the creation of 214 official co-production titles with total budgets of more than $2 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information about the International Co-production Program visit Screen Australia.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI’m very excited to see yet another great outcome for the Australian film industry, and the Australia-India relationship.\u201d<\/p> \u201cOur two countries enjoy deep and enduring cultural ties. We’re proud to have a large and growing Indian community here in Australia and this agreement will only see our links strengthen further and bringing our people even closer together.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke MP said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIndia is a global film powerhouse and this agreement is great news for the Australian screen industry.\u201d<\/p> \u201cAs a long-time Bollywood fan, I can\u2019t wait to see how this plays out and know this will be a gamechanger for both Australian and Indian filmmakers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A slice of Bollywood in Brisbane or a splash of Melbourne in Mumbai is now on the cards for filmmakers thanks to a new agreement between Australia and India. Australia\u2019s film industry will benefit from an exciting new partnership with India \u2013 following the ratification of the Australia-India Audio-visual Co-production Agreement. The treaty-level agreement will … Continue reading “Bringing Bollywood Down Under”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24166,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24165\/revisions\/24166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}