22-10-2015

Poland Signs Coproduction Agreement with New Zealand

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    WARSAW: Polish Minister of Culture Małgorzata Omilanowska and New Zealand ambassador Wendy Hinton signed a coproduction agreement between both countries on 21 October 2015 in Warsaw.

    The agreement regulates coproduction projects between filmmakers from Poland and New Zealand and states that both countries will legally treat the jointly produced projects as locally made films. The document also states the conditions that need to be met for a film to have official coproduction status and opens the possibility of both countries creating a special, new Joint Committee that will oversee the realization of the signed agreement in the upcoming years.

    Film production in New Zealand is supported by the New Zealand Film Commission. New Zealand has signed 15 similar agreements with other countries including Australia, USA, China, Ireland and Italy. Poland has signed similar agreements with Canada (1996), Israel (2004), France (2012), India (2012) and a co-operation agreement with China (2014).