Australian Producers In Korea

Four Australian production companies have been invited by the Korean Trade Commission (KOTRA), to attend Korea's Cartoon Connection 2016, as a direct result of the Australians' participation at SCREEN FOREVER in Melbourne last year. This is the first time an Australian contingent has been invited to the event since the signing of the Free Trade Agreement with Korea in December 2014 and follows a series of initiatives driven by Screen Producers Australia which includes collaboration with the Korean Trade Commission (KOTRA), organisers of Cartoon Connection 2016: KOTRA and CARTOON; the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Screen Australia.

The four companies invited to attend Cartoon Connection are Flying Bark Productions, Sticky Pictures, BES Animation and Start VR, with Felicity Abbott, Production Manager at Sticky Pictures, participating as a guest speaker. These Australian companies will be provided with a series of targeted meetings and co-production opportunities with Korean and international businesses participating in the market.

The invitation to attend Cartoon Connection by KOTRA follows an official delegation of Korean producers and officials who attended SCREEN FOREVER and the first time a collective of Australian companies have been invited since the signing of the Free Trade Agreement with Korea. The delegation was a direct result of collaboration between Screen Producers Australia, DFAT and Screen Australia.

We consider SCREEN FOREVER as an important forum and connection point for producers to do business. The conference gave us the opportunity to make introductions that we would not otherwise have had the opportunity to make and the event's forum enabled us to gain greater insight into what Australian producers need to consider in entering into a co-production agreement with Korea, said Barbara Stephen, Managing Director, Flying Bark Productions.

SCREEN FOREVER provides both formal networks and forums such as the conference's International Partnership Market or less formal social networking events where producers and like minded professionals get together to specifically connect and do business, said Matthew Deaner, Chief Executive, Screen Producers Australia.

We're delighted to see positive relationships develop as a direct result of participating in various networking events at SCREEN FOREVER and look forward to further outcomes as they develop.

Our engagement with Australian businesses is important to us in light of the free trade agreement with Australia, said Mrs Sun Hwa Kim - Director General, KOTRA Sydney. We look forward to further collaboration with Australian producers and our involvement again at this year's SCREEN FOREVER conference.

SCREEN FOREVER 2016 will be held Tuesday 15 - Thursday 17 November 2016 at Crown Conference Centre Melbourne.

Media enquiries:

Lorelle Yee

lorelle.yee@screenproducers.org.au

0409 300 251

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