Statistics

Since the inception of the official co-production program in Australia in 1986, treaties or less than treaty arrangements, i.e. memoranda of understanding (MOU), have been signed with 11 countries.

Read statistics on the 129 official co-production titles that were either completed or in production as at 16 Setepmber 2011 below.


Co-production partners

Country

Nature of agreement

Date signed

Entry into force date

No. co-productions1

Total budgets

France2

MOU

15 May 1986

15 May 1986

28

$209.34m

United Kingdom3

Treaty

12 Jun 1990

27 Aug 1990

38

$431.60m

Canada4

Treaty

23 Jul 1990

26 Sep 1990

42

$430.01m

Italy5

Treaty

28 Jun 1993

12 Dec 1996

1

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New Zealand2

MOU

23 Dec 1994

23 Dec 1994

9

$42.07m

Israel

Treaty

25 Jun 1997

13 Jan 1998

1

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Ireland

Treaty

4 Feb 1998

7 Sep 1998

3

$21.25m

Germany6

Treaty

17 Jan 2001

12 Sep 2001

5

$43.26m

China6

Treaty

7 Jun 2006

19 Dec 2008

3

$44.19m

Singapore7

Treaty

7 Sep 2007

16 Oct 2008

3

$33.00m

South Africa

Treaty

18 June 2011

22 Aug 2011

0

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Partners by type of production

Country

Features

Mini-series

Telemovies

Series

Documentaries

France2

10

5

1

4

8

United Kingdom3

20

8

1

3

5

Canada4

7

4

2

23

6

Italy5

1

0

0

0

0

New Zealand2

4

4

0

1

0

Israel

1

0

0

0

0

Ireland

0

1

0

1

1

Germany6

4

0

1

0

0

China6

3

0

0

0

0

Singapore7

1

0

0

2

0

 


Total budgeted cost by type of production

Type

No. co-productions1

Total budgeted cost

Documentaries

20

$31.82m

Feature films

49

$559.12m

Drama series

32

$394.00m

Mini-series

21

$187.23m

Telemovies

5

$21.59m

Total

129

$1,204.28m


Budget ranges (adjusted8)

Features

Budget range ($m)

All official co–productions

All features9
(Australian and
co-production)
1988/89 – 2010/11

No.

Share of co-pros (%)

No.

Share of all features (%)

Less than 1

1

2%

109

18%

1 to 3

2

4%

168

27%

3 to 6

8

16%

152

25%

6 to 10

12

24%

113

18%

10 to 20

15

31%

41

7%

20 +

11

22%

34

6%

Total

49

100%

617

100%

Mini-series

Budget range ($m)

All official co–productions

All mini-series9
1988/89 – 2010/11

No.

Share of co-pros (%)

No.

Share of all mini-series (%)

Less than 1

0

0%

0

0%

1 to 3

0

0%

8

4%

3 to 6

0

0%

47

21%

6 to 10

5

24%

88

39%

10 to 20

15

71%

81

36%

20 +

1

5%

4

2%

Total

21

100%

228

100%

Source: Screen Australia. All figures are in Australian dollars.

nfp: not available for publication.

1 - Three-way co-productions are counted against each country involved. Therefore the total by country exceeds the total number of titles produced.
2 - Includes three-way co-production (Australia/France/New Zealand).
3 - Includes three-way co-production (Australia/Canada/United Kingdom).
4 - Includes two three-way co-productions (Australia/Canada/United Kingdom, Australia/Canada/Italy, Australia/Canada/Singapore).
5 - Includes three-way co-production (Australia/Canada/Italy).
6 - Includes two three-way co-productions (Australia/China/Germany, Australia/Germany/Finland).
7 - Includes three-way co-production  (Australia/Canada/Singapore).
8 - Adjusted using the ‘non-farm GDP-implicit price deflator’; base year 2009/10.
9 - Productions under Australian creative control, including domestic productions, official co-productions and other productions involving shared creative control, i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions.