Sources of
finance for the Australian documentary slate in Australia, Canada and
France (not including titles made in-house by TV broadcasters)
Next update February 2011
Government sources (excluding public broadcasters)
provide the highest proportion of funding to the annual documentary slates
in Australia and Canada (46 per cent and 34 per cent of
the slate respectively), and the second highest in France (20 per cent),
where producers provide around the same proportion.
The largest contribution to the French slate
comes from broadcasters (including public broadcasters) – 42 per cent,
compared to 30 per cent in Canada and 27 per cent
in Australia. Australia has the highest level of foreign finance
– 13 per cent, compared to 11 per cent in Canada
and 8 per cent in France.
Sources of finance for documentary slate (% share)
Australia
Canada
France
Government (excluding public broadcasters)1
46%
34%
20%
Private finance
3%
16%
–
Broadcasters (including public broadcasters)
27%
30%
42%
Distributors
–
4%
2%
Producers2
5%
6%
19%
Other local finance
5%
–
9%
Foreign finance
13%
11%
8%
Total
100%
100%
100%
Source:
Australia: Screen Australia, ten-year average 1999/00 to 2008/09.
Canada: Getting Real Volume 2, 2004 and Volume 3, 2007, Documentary
Organisation of Canada, CFTPA Profile 2005 and 2006, ten-year average
1996/97 to 2005/06.
France: CNC Results May 2008 and Production Audiovisuelle
2009, 11-year average 1998 to 2008.
Notes:
Includes Screen Australia estimates.
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding.
1. For Australia, includes direct funding from federal and state film
funding agencies and other non-film government sources such as the National
Council for the Centenary of Federation and the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC).
2. Producer Offset included from 2007/08.
